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| 12/11/23 - Away | 56-44 W |
| 01/23/23 - Neutral | 62-32 W |
| 12/12/22 - Home | 71-26 W |
| 02/03/22 - Home | 58-15 W |
| 02/25/21 - Away | 50-16 W |
| + 5 more games |
Clinton has gone 9-1 against Meridian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Clinton Maroons will be home for the holidays to greet the Meridian Hawks at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Clinton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Shelbyville 74-40 on Thursday. Given the Maroons' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Rams are ranked 566th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Meridian's strategy against Riverton on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Meridian blew Riverton out of the water with a 56-17 final score. With Meridian ahead 33-8 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meridian pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 41.7 points. As for Clinton, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Clinton was able to grind out a solid victory over Meridian when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 56-44. Will Clinton repeat their success, or does Meridian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
