Having just played yesterday, the Limestone Rockets will head out on the road to face off against the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Limestone came up short against Dunlap and fell 52-42.
Bloomington has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They had to suffer through a 58-28 loss at the hands of Peoria Notre Dame. While losing is never fun, the Purple Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Irish are ranked 14th).
Bloomington's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 13-7. As for Limestone, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
Everything went Limestone's way against Bloomington in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, as Limestone made off with a 66-45 win. Does Limestone have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bloomington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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