The Metro-East Lutheran Knights will square off against the Beardstown Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with seven consecutive losses for Metro-East Lutheran and six for Beardstown.
Metro-East Lutheran's tournament run continued when they took on Father McGivney Catholic on Saturday. Metro-East Lutheran was outmatched by Father McGivney Catholic and fell 61-12. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 668th, while the Griffins are ranked 265th).
Isabelle McLeod was Metro-East Lutheran's leading scorer, having posted four points. Emily Kober held things down on the boards with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-31, which was the final score in Beardstown's tilt against Calhoun/Brussels on Saturday.
Metro-East Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 2-21. As for Beardstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-14.
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