Janesville Craig lost against Vel Phillips Memorial back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Janesville Craig Cougars were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to the Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Spartans are ranked 29th).
Janesville Craig's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 13-10. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.3 points over those games. As for Vel Phillips Memorial, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-5.
Coming up, Janesville Craig will take on Madison La Follette at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Vel Phillips Memorial, they will be playing at home against Madison West at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
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