McKenlee Pirtle produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Cairo to the win on Tuesday. Pirtle turned in nothing short of a gem: he scored 33 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Cairo's points.
Cairo and Meridian will face off at 1:00 p.m. on January 25th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Cairo will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 339 places lower in Illinois), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Pirtle? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.