Belleville West lost against Belleville East back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Belleville West Maroons were beaten by the Belleville East Lancers 57-23. While losing is never fun, the Maroons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 395th, while the Lancers are ranked 57th).
Belleville West dropped their record down to 6-17 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Belleville East, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Belleville West won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Cahokia at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Belleville West is facing Cahokia at the right time seeing as Cahokia is stuck on an 11-game losing streak. As for Belleville East, they will face off against O'Fallon at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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