The Pleasant Plains Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Tolono Unity Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Plains has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Pleasant Plains came up into this matchup off a tough 21-point defeat last Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] by a score of 55-52 on Friday. 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 387th, while the Cougars are ranked 115th).
Meanwhile, Tolono Unity came up short against Champaign Central on Tuesday and fell 71-59.
Tolono Unity's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Pleasant Plains, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-4.
Pleasant Plains might still be hurting after the 56-33 loss they got from Tolono Unity in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Pleasant Plains avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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