The Coal City Coalers will square off against the Herscher Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Coal City ended up a good deal behind Wilmington and lost 56-39.
Meanwhile, Herscher had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They managed a 44-39 win over the Comets.
Herscher's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-15. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Coal City, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-7.
Coal City strolled past Herscher in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a score of 63-45. Will Coal City repeat their success, or does Herscher have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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