You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Belleville East's strategy against Collinsville on Friday. Everything went the Belleville East Lancers' way against the Collinsville Kahoks as the Belleville East Lancers made off with a 62-39 win. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Kahoks are ranked 139th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Loss or not, Collinsville got some senior leadership from Stanley Carnahan and Donovan Coates. Carnahan went 5 for 9 on his way to 11 points along with seven boards and three blocks, while Coates went 5 of 11 en route to 15 points. Those three blocks set a new season-high mark for Carnahan.
Belleville East's victory bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Collinsville, they dropped their record down to 9-10 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Belleville East will face off against Althoff Catholic at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Collinsville, they will take on Sumner at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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