New Athens is 1-9 against Steeleville since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The New Athens Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to take on the Steeleville Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as New Athens comes in on three and Steeleville on five.
New Athens will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Gibault Catholic, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. New Athens walked away with a 61-53 victory over Gibault Catholic on Tuesday. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Hawks are ranked 283rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Steeleville). They claimed a resounding 82-43 win over Lebanon. The Warriors pushed the score to 69-34 by the end of the third, a deficit the Greyhounds had no chance of recovering from.
Steeleville pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for New Athens, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
New Athens beat Steeleville 47-39 in their previous matchup back in February. Will New Athens repeat their success, or does Steeleville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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