On Saturday, the Kankakee Kays might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting the Marion Patriots an easy 65-44 victory. While losing is never fun, the Kays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 161st in Illinois, while the Patriots are ranked 24th in Arkansas).
Kankakee's defeat dropped their record down to 9-4. As for Marion, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Kankakee will be taking part in a tournament against Rock Island at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Marion, they will take on Kinkaid in a tournament on Thursday.
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