East St. Louis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 41-38 heartbreaker at the hands of the Manual Rams. 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 Rams are ranked 104th).
East St. Louis' defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Manual, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
East St. Louis will square off against Phillips at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Manual has already played their next game (against Urbana), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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