The Mercer County Golden Eagles just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the St. Bede Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mercer County is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest loss since January 9th on Monday. They came up short against Sherrard, falling 50-30. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Tigers are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, St. Bede strolled past Midland with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 45-29. The win continues a trend for the Bruins in their matchups with the Timberwolves: they've now won five in a row.
Mercer County better focus on containing Lili McClain and Quinn McClain as the pair were huge in St. Bede's win. Lili went 7 for 15 on her way to 18 points and six rebounds, while Quinn posted 11 points. The dominant performance also gave Quinn a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (60%). Another player making a difference was Ashlyn Ehm, who scored six points and eight boards.
Mercer County's defeat dropped their record down to 14-16. As for St. Bede, their victory bumped their record up to 18-12.
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