Canton lost against Washington back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Canton Little Giants lost 53-31 to the Washington Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Little Giants can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Panthers are ranked second).
Canton lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Allison Wheeler, who posted ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Demler, who put up five points and five boards.
Canton's loss dropped their record down to 16-14. As for Washington, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 29-1.
Coming up, Canton will take on Limestone at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Washington, they will challenge Morton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Morton is on a nine-game streak of home wins, Washington a 12-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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