After two games on the road, Illini West is heading back home. They will take on the Beardstown Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Illini West earned a 56-47 victory over Fort Madison.
Illini West relied on the efforts of Tre Neiderman, who scored 17 points along with two steals, and Colby Robertson, who scored 14 points along with six assists and four steals. Robertson continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Reece Shoup, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Beardstown had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Routt Catholic 57-54.
Illini West is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season. As for Beardstown, their victory bumped their record up to 22-9.
Illini West strolled past Beardstown in their previous matchup back in February of 2022 by a score of 69-50. Will Illini West repeat their success, or does Beardstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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