Having just played yesterday, the Flora Wolves will jump right back in to play the Shelbyville Rams at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Flora sitting on four straight wins and Shelbyville on three.
Flora's tournament run continued when they took on Cumberland on Thursday. Flora walked away with a 49-42 victory over Cumberland.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shelbyville). They took their match on Thursday with ease, bagging a 70-38 win over Mulberry Grove. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Aces are ranked 524th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shelbyville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.2 points per game. As for Flora, their victory bumped their record up to 4-6.
Flora came out on top in a nail-biter against Shelbyville in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, sneaking past 34-31. Does Flora have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shelbyville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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