After flying high against Peoria last Thursday, Limestone came back down to earth. The Limestone Rockets fell just short of the Morton Potters by a score of 69-67 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Potters are ranked 20th).
Limestone dropped their record down to 5-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Morton, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
Limestone and Lake Central will round out the year against one another at at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Morton, they will be taking part in a tournament against Bloomington at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
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