East Peoria lost against Metamora back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The East Peoria Raiders fell to the Metamora Redbirds 56-51. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Redbirds are ranked 24th).
East Peoria's loss dropped their record down to 20-8. As for Metamora, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-6.
Coming up, East Peoria and Peoria Notre Dame will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. As for Metamora, they will take on Dunlap at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Metamora knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Dunlap likes a good challenge.
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