The Tilden Blue Devils are on the road again on Monday and plays the St. Francis de Sales Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on February 19th. Tilden will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 739th, while St. Francis de Sales is ranked 351st).
On Thursday, Tilden was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 44-38 to Goode STEM Academy.
Meanwhile, winning is just a little bit easier when your three-point shooting is a whole 29% better than the opposition, a fact St. Francis de Sales proved on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Calumet Christian with a sharp 72-50 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for St. Francis de Sales.
St. Francis de Sales got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jerimiya Sims out in front who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds. Sims hasn't dropped below 17 points for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Eric Johnson, who scored 17 points.
Tilden's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-10. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 22.7 points per game. As for St. Francis de Sales, their win bumped their record up to 10-19.
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