Basketball Recap: Mattoon Piles Up the Points Against Jacksonville

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Team Score

12/27/24 vs Jacksonville	51
12/14/24 vs Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond	48
12/07/24 vs Normal University	37
11/23/24 vs Highland	33
12/09/24 @ Salem	28

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mattoon). They claimed a resounding 51-19 victory over the Jacksonville Crimsons. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Mattoon's victory bumped their record up to 3-8. As for Jacksonville, their loss was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-12.

Mattoon has already played their next contest, a 48-34 defeat against Sullivan on the 28th. As for Jacksonville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 55-22 loss against Mahomet-Seymour on the 27th.