East St. Louis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 57-27 loss at the hands of the Belleville East Lancers. While losing is never fun, the Flyers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 371st, while the Lancers are ranked 92nd).
East St. Louis' loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Belleville East, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-6.
East St. Louis didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 41-38 defeat against Manual on the 15th. As for Belleville East, they will take on Collinsville at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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