Belleville East won the last time they faced Cahokia and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Belleville East Lancers enjoyed a cozy 68-50 victory over the Cahokia Comanches. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Comanches are ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cahokia's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was De'Aundrez Adams, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Cornelius Griffin, who posted 11 points and seven rebounds.
Belleville East has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for Cahokia, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-15.
When Belleville East and Cahokia next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Belleville East will challenge Edwardsville and their six-game winning streak at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Cahokia will try to stop Centralia's 16-game winning streak when the meet at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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