The Tri-City Tornadoes are taking a road trip to square off against the Meridian Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Tri-City and 12 for Meridian dating back to last season.
On Wednesday, Tri-City took a blow against Williamsville, falling 65-20. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Bullets are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, Meridian lost 85-60 to Argenta-Oreana on Tuesday.
Tri-City will have to contain Bryce Brown as he made an impact in Meridian's last game. He posted 28 points in addition to eight rebounds and six assists. Brown's big performance that evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Jonas Henderson was another key player, shooting 71% from the field en route to 10 points and five boards.
Meridian's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Tri-City, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
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