The West Prairie Cyclones are on the road again on Monday and plays the Camp Point Central Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on February 19th. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
West Prairie pushed their score all the way to 56 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 66-56 to Barry Western.
Despite the defeat, West Prairie saw an underclassman step up: Braden Coplan scored 21 points. Coplan hasn't dropped below 15 points for 16 straight games. Another player making a difference was Clayton Hunt, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Camp Point Central pushed their score all the way to 61 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] 67-61. While losing is never fun, Camp Point Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] is ranked 99th).
West Prairie has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-26 record this season. As for Camp Point Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-8.
West Prairie was dealt a bruising 66-21 loss at the hands of Camp Point Central in their previous meeting back in February of 2017. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Prairie was down 36-16.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
