The Salem Wildcats held their own against 7th ranked and top-seed East St Louis holding a 16-15 lead after the opening quarter and only trailing 38-29 at the half, but the Flyers were too big and strong as they finished with an 80-57 win. Macaleab Rich led the Flyers with 31 points. Connor Tennyson had 14, Seth Bailey and Brennan Lux had 10 each.
The Flyers advance to tonight’s semifinals at 8pm when they take on TF North after their win over Effingham last night 61-50. Salem will play in the Saturday morning Consolation semifinal against the Hearts. The first semifinal game tonight at 6:30 will be a South 7 battle with Mount Vernon and Carbondale. Both games can be heard on 100.1 FM and WJBDradio.com.
