It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Carbondale Terriers can now relate to. They took a 50-35 bruising from the Orphans on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Carbondale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while Centralia is ranked 20th).
Despite the loss, Carbondale still got an impressive performance from Decarl Payne, who scored 14 points. That was a full 40% of Carbondale's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Carbondale has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-19 record this season. As for Centralia, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 29-2.
Carbondale does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Centralia, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 42-35 win vs. Marion on the 23rd.
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