If the Lowpoint-Washburn Wildcats were feeling good off their 65-23 takedown of the Calvary Christian Academy Knights on Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Lowpoint-Washburn took a hard 64-49 fall against Princeville on Tuesday. Lowpoint-Washburn has struggled against Princeville recently, as their match on Tuesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Lowpoint-Washburn's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Clayton Grebner, who scored 14 points. Grebner scored a full 28.6% of Lowpoint-Washburn's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kody Knecht, who scored 13 points along with 5 rebounds.
Lowpoint-Washburn's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Princeville, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Lowpoint-Washburn will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against DePue at 5:30 p.m. DePue will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 461st, while Lowpoint-Washburn is ranked 105th). As for Princeville, they will head out on the road to face off against Illini Bluffs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
