Newton entered their game against Lawrenceville on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Eagles took a 61-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 248th, while the Indians are ranked 36th).
Newton's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 9-7. As for Lawrenceville, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 18-1.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Newton is set to square off against their familiar foe Mt. Carmel at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lawrenceville will take on rival Robinson at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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