The Cumberland Pirates will face off against the Dieterich Movin Maroons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dieterich will be up against a hot Cumberland team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Cumberland blew past Villa Grove 69-28 on Monday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 664th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Dieterich's strategy against Webber on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Dieterich blew Webber out of the water with a 65-30 final score. The Movin Maroons haven't had any issues with the Trojans recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Cumberland's win bumped their record up to 20-9. As for Dieterich, their victory bumped their record up to 16-14.
Cumberland couldn't quite finish off Dieterich when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 66-63. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dieterich's Kady Tegler, who went 9-for-15 to rack up 23 points in addition to seven steals and six boards. Now that Cumberland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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