Two dominant forwards in Sawyer Smith and Cole Yates are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Carlinville Cavaliers will take on the Bunker Hill Minutemen at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Carlinville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.3 points per game this season.
Carlinville took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Athens as Carlinville made off with a 68-43 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Cavaliers have posted since December 10, 2024.
Tate Duckels
| 02/01/25 vs Athens | 7 |
| 01/15/24 vs Mt. Olive | 6 |
| 11/21/23 @ North Greene | 4 |
| 01/23/24 @ Lutheran | 4 |
| 01/25/24 @ Litchfield | 4 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carlinville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tate Duckels, who went 7 of 8 en route to 15 points along with seven assists and four steals. Those seven assists gave Duckels a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Dominic Alepra, who went 7 for 12 from beyond the arc on his way to 25 points.
Duckels wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Carlinville was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Bunker Hill beat Maryville Christian 39-33 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Minutemen.
Bunker Hill's win came from a few key players Carlinville will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Will Manar, who posted 13 points. Yates was another key player, putting up ten points.
Bunker Hill is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-13 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points per game. As for Carlinville, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-12.
Carlinville and Bunker Hill were neck-and-neck when the teams last played last Friday, but Carlinville came up empty-handed after a 49-48 defeat. Can Carlinville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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