After flying high against Catalyst-Maria last Thursday, Richards came back down to earth. The Richards Warriors took a blow against the Brooks Eagles on Tuesday, falling 71-44. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 444th, while the Eagles are ranked 219th).
Brooks was led to victory by Jacob Johnson and Bradley Pike. Johnson made all 6 shots he took to post 19 points, while Pike went 6 of 10 on his way to 15 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Hayes, who posted seven points.
Richards' loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-4. As for Brooks, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Richards and King will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in King's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. Brooks will take on Longwood in a holiday battle at at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Brooks is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 65.7 points per game this season.
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