With a playoff game on the line, the Southwestern Piasa Birds rose to the challenge on Monday. They slipped by the Oilers 47-46. The win made it back-to-back wins for Southwestern.
It was another big night for Ian Brantley, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it nine consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Southwestern's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rocky Darr, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
Southwestern's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-11. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.1 points per game. As for East Alton-Wood River, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-28.
Southwestern does not have any more games scheduled as of now. East Alton-Wood River also has no future games currently scheduled.
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