Jacksonville was the 55-46 winner over Lincoln when they last played one another back in December of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Jacksonville Crimsons took a 45-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lincoln Railsplitters on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Crimsons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Railsplitters are ranked 96th).
Despite the loss, Jacksonville still got an impressive performance from Amaree Burries, who posted 13 points. That was a full 38.2% of Jacksonville's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. Troy Defrates was another key player, putting up eight points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lincoln to victory, but perhaps none more so than Karson Komnick, who put up 18 points in addition to six boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Komnick a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Frank Sanders, who went 5 for 6 on his way to 10 points and six rebounds.
Crimsons
| 01/28/25 @ Lincoln | 34-45 |
| 01/24/25 vs Granite City | 43-35 |
| 01/22/25 vs Cahokia | 57-55 |
| 01/20/25 @ Jersey | 59-56 |
| 01/18/25 vs Rochester | 46-63 |
With the defeat, Jacksonville broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-14. As for Lincoln, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-8.
Jacksonville has already played their next game (against MacArthur), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lincoln will venture away from home to face off against Mattoon at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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