Englewood Stem was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They were dealt a 75-35 defeat at the hands of the Agricultural Science Cyclones. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 569th, while the Cyclones are ranked 236th).
It was another big night for Chris Cole, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten assists for Agricultural Science. Cole's evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Tillis, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 11 points along with six rebounds and four blocks.
Englewood Stem's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Agricultural Science, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Englewood Stem Panthers challenge the Crane Medical Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Agricultural Science and Farragut will compete for holiday cheer at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Agricultural Science is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.3 points per game this season.
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