Manual and Normal Community are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Manual Rams will head out to take on the Normal Community Ironmen at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Manual is headed into Thursday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 73-69 heartbreaker at the hands of Rock Island. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Rocks are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Normal Community beat Rockford East 65-60 on Monday.
Manual's defeat dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Normal Community, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Manual came up short against Normal Community in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 62-56. Can Manual avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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