The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons will challenge the Roanoke-Benson Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took down Tri-Point 54-39. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Chargers are ranked 307th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Roanoke-Benson sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 49-47 victory over Mt. Pulaski on Thursday.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 27-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points over those games. As for Roanoke-Benson, their victory bumped their record up to 27-5.
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