Normandy is 1-7 against Cahokia since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Normandy Vikings will take on the Cahokia Comanches in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Two weeks ago, Normandy earned a 70-61 win over East St. Louis. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cahokia). They took down Jones 87-70 on Saturday. The victory was nothing new for the Comanches as they're now sitting on three straight.
Normandy better focus on containing C'Narri Griffin and Armon Smith as the pair were huge in Cahokia's win. Griffin went 9 of 11 on his way to 24 points, while Smith went 5 for 6 on his way to 20 points and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Zetavyon Grant, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 12 points.
Cahokia was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Normandy's win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for Cahokia, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.
Normandy was able to grind out a solid win over Cahokia in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, winning 89-80. The rematch might be a little tougher for Normandy since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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