It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Normal West Wildcats can now relate to. They fell 52-45 to the Rocks on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Normal West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while Rock Island is ranked 44th).
Despite the loss, Normal West still got an impressive performance from Taylor Hafermann, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Robinson, who scored six points along with five assists.
Normal West are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-20. As for Rock Island, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season.
Normal West does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Rock Island also has no future games currently scheduled.
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