Cumberland lost against Sullivan back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Cumberland Pirates took a 52-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Sullivan Redskins. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Redskins are ranked 107th).
Cumberland's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 14-7. As for Sullivan, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 20-3.
While Cumberland had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
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