Edinburg hasn't had much luck against Calvary recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Edinburg Wildcats will welcome the Calvary Saints at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Calvary is hoping to do what Athens couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Edinburg's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Edinburg rang in the new year with a 63-53 victory over Athens. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Warriors are ranked 415th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Calvary entered their match against Auburn on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Calvary took an 84-66 bruising from Auburn. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (62), the Saints still had to take the loss.
Edinburg will have to contain Luke Blackford as he made an impact in Calvary's last game. He almost dropped a double-double on 31 points and nine boards. The contest was Blackford's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Joshua Long, who went 6 of 8 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points.
Even though they lost, Calvary smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive games.
Edinburg pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points per game. As for Calvary, their loss ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-5.
Edinburg opened the new year with a less-than-successful 69-60 defeat to Calvary. Thankfully for Edinburg, Connor Brown (who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 12 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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