Even though the Peoria Christian Chargers scored an imposing 66 points on Friday, the ROWVA/Williamsfield Cougars still came out on top. ROWVA/Williamsfield secured a 70-66 W over Peoria Christian. For ROWVA/Williamsfield, this counts as revenge for the 75-64 loss Peoria Christian walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2022.
Several Chargers players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Malachi Persinger, who scored 28 points along with 6 assists. Persinger scored a full 42.4% of Peoria Christian's points, the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trae Brickner, who scored 17 points along with 3 steals.
ROWVA/Williamsfield pushed their record up to 5-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.7 points per game. As for Peoria Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
ROWVA/Williamsfield will head out on the road to face off against Mercer County at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Peoria Christian won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Bloomington Central Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on December 2nd. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Illinois (Bloomington Central Catholic is ranked 310th, while Peoria Christian is ranked 315th).
