It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Barry Western Wildcats can now relate to. They were beaten by the Vipers 64-35 on Monday. While losing is never fun, Barry Western can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 637th, while South County is ranked 208th).
When it comes to explaining why Barry Western lost, one person who can't be blamed is Jedd Abney. Despite the final result, he scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Coventon, who scored nine points.
Barry Western's defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-23. As for South County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season.
Barry Western does not have any more games scheduled as of now. South County also has no future games currently scheduled.
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