After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Century, the Egyptian Pharaohs were happy to have found some success on Tuesday. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 62-61 victory over Zeigler-Royalton. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Leading Egyptian to victory were Damarion Clark and Brandon Plott. Clark scored 25 points, while Plott went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points and 3 assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which Clark has scored at least a third of Egyptian's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendrick Williams, who scored two points along with six rebounds and two blocks.
River Freeman and Peyton Foster certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Freeman scored 17 points, while Foster scored 16 points. Chase VanHoorebeke was another key contributor, scoring nine points.
Egyptian's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-19. As for Zeigler-Royalton, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-16 record this season.
Egyptian will be playing at home against the Redskins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Illinois (Shawnee is ranked 751st, while the Pharaohs are ranked 769th). As for Zeigler-Royalton, they will head out on the road to take on the Pioneers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Trico is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.
