The South County Vipers will venture away from home to square off against the Calvary Saints at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South County will be strutting in after a victory while Calvary will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, South County beat Pawnee 39-31. Given the Vipers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Indians are ranked 598th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Calvary came up short against Decatur Eisenhower on Monday and fell 67-54.
South County will have to contain Luke Blackford as he made an impact in Calvary's last game. He dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 boards. Blackford's afternoon made it 11 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Antione Hunter, who posted ten points and six rebounds.
Even though they lost, Calvary smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in nine consecutive games.
Calvary's defeat dropped their record down to 13-7. As for South County, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
South County came up short against Calvary when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 64-60. Can South County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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