Champaign Central lost against Springfield back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Champaign Central Maroons took a 60-41 bruising from the Springfield Senators. While losing is never fun, the Maroons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while the Senators are ranked 167th).
| 01/15/25 vs Springfield | 5 |
| 12/12/24 @ Peoria | 4 |
| 12/17/24 vs Rantoul | 2 |
| 12/02/24 vs Peoria Notre Dame | 2 |
| 11/23/24 vs Charleston | 2 |
When it comes to explaining why Champaign Central lost, don't look at Samara McArthur. Despite the final result, she went 6 for 10 on her way to 15 points and five steals. Those five steals gave McArthur a new career-high. Grace Bandy was another key player, putting up six points.
This is the second loss in a row for Champaign Central and nudges their season record down to 6-10. As for Springfield, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-9.
Champaign Central has already played their next contest (against Centennial), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Springfield wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 52-29 victory against Mt. Zion on the 16th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
