Illinois Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They were dealt a 66-35 defeat at the hands of the Bandon Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Tigers are ranked 82nd).
Illinois Valley's loss dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Bandon, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
While Illinois Valley had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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