Belleville West is 2-8 against Edwardsville since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Belleville West Maroons will head out to square off against the Edwardsville Tigers at 7:30 p.m.
Belleville West and Belleville East faced off in a cross-town battle on Tuesday. Belleville West took a 55-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Belleville East. The Maroons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.9 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 48-34 victory over the Kahoks. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Kahoks are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belleville West's defeat dropped their record down to 13-15. As for Edwardsville, they pushed their record up to 26-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Belleville West couldn't quite finish off Edwardsville in their previous meeting back in January and fell 44-42. Can Belleville West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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