The Murphysboro Red Devils will take on the Marissa/Coulterville Meteors at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Murphysboro sitting on four straight victories and Marissa/Coulterville on three.
Last Friday, Murphysboro was able to grind out a solid win over Carterville, taking the game 58-47. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Lions are ranked 236th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Marissa/Coulterville beat Maryville Christian 47-41 on Saturday.
Marissa/Coulterville is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Murphysboro, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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