Carlinville hasn't had much luck against Hillsboro recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Carlinville Cavaliers will welcome the Hillsboro Hiltoppers at 6:00 p.m.
Carlinville is headed into the match having just suffered their closest loss since February 13, 2024 on Monday. They fell just short of Gillespie by a score of 37-34.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Comets 69-45. Given the Hiltoppers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Comets are ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carlinville's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 22-5. As for Hillsboro, their win bumped their record up to 19-9.
Carlinville came up short against Hillsboro in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 47-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hillsboro's Tatum Christian, who dropped a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Carlinville knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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