The Lexington Minutemen will venture away from home to challenge the Heyworth Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lexington has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 201 points over their last three matchups.
Lexington can't be too worried about heading out to take on Heyworth: they just beat Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Lexington strolled past Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 56-42.
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Blaine Friedmansky was his usual excellent self, going 8 for 14 on his way to 22 points and four steals. That's the most steals he has posted since back in November of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Coffman, who went 5 of 9 en route to 16 points and three steals.
Meanwhile, Heyworth suffered their biggest defeat since December 13, 2024 on Tuesday. They lost 68-46 to El Paso-Gridley. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 409th, while the Titans are ranked 118th).
Lexington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Heyworth, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Lexington came up short against Heyworth in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, falling 51-43. Can Lexington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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