The Cissna Park Timberwolves lost against the Hoopeston Cornjerkers back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Cissna Park received a tough blow as they fell 69-53 to Hoopeston. Cissna Park has not had much luck with Hoopeston recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
When it comes to explaining why Cissna Park lost, one person who can't be blamed is Dierks Neukomm. Despite the final result, he scored 34 points along with five rebounds and two steals. That was a full 64.2% of Cissna Park's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Seth Walder, who scored 12 points along with six assists and four steals.
Hoopeston was led to victory by Owen Root and Kendrick Sigerill. Root scored 20 points, while Sigerill dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Wyatt Eisenman was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Cissna Park's defeat dropped their record down to 9-22. As for Hoopeston, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 21-10.
Cissna Park will head out on the road to take on Flanagan-Cornell at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Cissna Park will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 659th, while Flanagan-Cornell is ranked 314th). As for Hoopeston, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Iroquois West at 6:00 p.m. on February 19th. Hoopeston has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last seven games.
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