On Saturday, in a tight match that could have gone either way, the Seneca Fighting Irish made off with a 36-35 victory over the Eastland Cougars. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 150th, while the Cougars are ranked 314th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Seneca has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Eastland, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-15.
Seneca has already played their next game (against St. Bede), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Eastland will welcome Rock Falls at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastland is facing Rock Falls at the right time seeing as Rock Falls is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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