The Taylorville Tornadoes will square off against the Charleston Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Taylorville came up short against Rochester and fell 59-46. 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 211th, while the Rockets are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Charleston). They came out on top against Rantoul by a score of 78-65 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Charleston's victory bumped their record up to 9-13. As for Taylorville, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-10.
Taylorville took their win against Charleston when the teams last played on January 3rd by a conclusive 60-36. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Charleston's Tyler Oakley, who posted 20 points along with eight boards and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Taylorville still be able to contain Oakley? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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