Pleasant Plains lost against Williamsville back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Pleasant Plains Cardinals took a 46-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Williamsville Bullets. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Bullets are ranked 39th).
Brayden Saling was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine boards for Williamsville. Those nine rebounds gave Saling a new career-high. Blake Shoufler was another key player, going 5 for 10 on his way to 12 points and six assists.
Pleasant Plains' loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 14-10. As for Williamsville, they pushed their record up to 23-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
When Pleasant Plains and Williamsville next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Pleasant Plains will challenge Rantoul and their four-game winning streak at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Similarly, Williamsville will try to stop Tolono Unity's 12-game winning streak when the meet at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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