Well Friday night Lincoln Trail (5.) upset John A. Logan (1.) and Southeastern Illinois (2.) beat Southwestern Illinois (3.) to set up a showdown of teams that split games during the regular season (Each winning on their home floor). This is the best type of rubber match as a neutral court sets the stage for a no advantage game to settle the score until next season.
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As it turns out the streaking Statesmen, saved their best basketball of the year for the most important time of the year! LTC used the hot shooting of Thomas Fraise (24 points), excellent court vision from court general Terry Wade, and dead-eye free-throw shooting at the end of the game to turn a 8 point half-time lead into a 9 point victory. The Statesmen also benefited from a bench that seemed deeper and more confident than Coach Junsie Cotten had grown accustomed to all year.
LTC travels to Freeport, IL to take on Highland in a Tuesday night game that will be covered by local media and if the game Saturday night is any indication, there will be a nice group of supporters that will make the long trip to Northern Illinois to see the game first hand!
(I will add more details, post season awards, and links to articles from both local papers as soon as they are available).
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