South Beloit was the 40-39 winner over Faith Christian when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The South Beloit Sobos took a 44-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Faith Christian Falcons on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Sobos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 557th, while the Falcons are ranked 204th).
Gwen Hodson was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds for Faith Christian. The contest was Hodson's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Maya Gomez, who posted ten points and eight rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for South Beloit and nudges their season record down to 7-10. As for Faith Christian, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 12-2.
South Beloit will challenge Hiawatha at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Faith Christian, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 46-8 victory against Tri-State Christian on the 10th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
