The Cairo Pilots scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Friday. They claimed a resounding 89-50 victory over Zeigler-Royalton on the road. That 89-50 margin sets a new team best for Cairo this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cairo to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jeserick Pilgram , who scored 27 points. That makes it 12 consecutive games in which Pilgram has scored at least 25% of Cairo's points. Another player making a difference was McKenlee Pirtle , who scored 19 points.
Despite the loss, Zeigler-Royalton still got an impressive performance from River Freeman, who scored 18 points. The match was Freeman's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Rogers, who scored eight points.
Cairo has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-9 record this season. As for Zeigler-Royalton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-8.
Cairo and Elverado will face off at 11:15 a.m. on January 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. As for Zeigler-Royalton, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Thompsonville at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Thompsonville is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
