After flying high against Granite City last Monday, Cahokia came back down to earth. The Cahokia Comanches fell just short of the Jacksonville Crimsons by a score of 57-55 on Wednesday. The Comanches haven't had much luck with the Crimsons recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
| 01/22/25 vs Jacksonville | 20 |
| 12/19/24 vs Normandy | 19 |
| 12/20/24 vs Centralia | 19 |
| 12/30/23 vs Ferguson | 19 |
| 12/30/23 vs Payton College Prep | 18 |
When it comes to explaining why Cahokia lost, don't look at Cornelius Griffin. Despite the final result, he went 8 for 13 en route to 20 points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave Griffin a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Armon Smith, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 14 points and six rebounds.
Jacksonville had a senior duo take command as Amaree Burries posted 25 points and eight boards and Ryan McCombs dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 rebounds. Burries continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played. Jeremiah Jackson was another key player, putting up four points along with six boards and three steals.
Cahokia's defeat dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Jacksonville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-13.
Cahokia will take on Jersey at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cahokia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season. As for Jacksonville, they will square off against Granite City at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Jacksonville also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 53.9 points per game.
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