The Farmington Farmers will venture away from home to face off against the Mercer County Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Farmington is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Knoxville to the tune of 75-33 on Saturday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Farmers with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Mercer County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They took a hard 70-56 fall against Orion. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 487th, while the Chargers are ranked 193rd).
Mercer County's defeat dropped their record down to 7-14. As for Farmington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-11.
Farmington came up short against Mercer County in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 66-62. Can Farmington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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