The Cedar Grove Saints will take on the Chicago Marshall Commandos in a holiday battle at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Cedar Grove knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Chicago Marshall likes a good challenge.
Cedar Grove easily dispatched Luella on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Saints fell just short of St. Francis by a score of 58-56 on Saturday. The Saints' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Despite their defeat, Cedar Grove saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Emanuel Green, who posted 20 points, was perhaps the best of all. That was a full 35.7% of the Saints' points, marking the fourth time in a row Green has earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jaimarion Mathis, who scored 13 points.
Meanwhile, Chicago Marshall ended up a good deal behind Clark on Thursday and lost 61-47. While losing is never fun, the Commandos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Eagles are ranked 71st).
Chicago Marshall's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-4. As for Cedar Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 4-4.
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