It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the East Alton-Wood River Oilers can now relate to. They were just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 47-46 to the Piasa Birds. East Alton-Wood River just can't catch a break and has now endured four defeats in a row.
Ian Brantley continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Southwestern, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Brantley has scored at least a third of Southwestern's points. Another player making a difference was Rocky Darr, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
East Alton-Wood River's loss was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-28. As for Southwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-11 record this season.
East Alton-Wood River does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Southwestern also has no future games currently scheduled.
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