The Illinois Math & Science Academy Titans just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the LaMoille Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Illinois Math & Science Academy is coming into the match on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 56-51 W against Mooseheart.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but LaMoille ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They managed a 79-75 win over St. Bede.
LaMoille had a senior duo take command as Brayden Klein went 8-for-20 on his way to 24 points in addition to eight boards and seven assists and Tyler Billhorn dropped a double-double with 27 points and ten rebounds. With that strong performance, Klein is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. Tate Sundberg was another key player, putting up eight points.
LaMoille was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Illinois Math & Science Academy's victory bumped their record up to 8-16. As for LaMoille, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-21.
Illinois Math & Science Academy came up short against LaMoille in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 82-72. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Billhorn, who dropped a double-double with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Illinois Math & Science Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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