The Roanoke-Benson Rockets will challenge the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive.
Roanoke-Benson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They skirted past Mt. Pulaski 49-47.
Meanwhile, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley strolled past Tri-Point with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 54-39. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Chargers are ranked 307th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 27-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points over those games. As for Roanoke-Benson, their win bumped their record up to 27-5.
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