Breese Central came out shooting last night, playing in front of their home crowd for the only time before January, the Cougars made 13 three pointers on their way to a 59-35 win over Salem to open the Cahokia Conference for both teams. Breese only made 6 more field goals than Salem on the night, but the 13-2 disparity in three point shooting was the difference. Salem was led by Avery Gullion with 12 points and 6 rebounds, Payton Gullion also had 12 points. Kaeden Bevolo pulled down 8 rebounds. Salem is 3-3 and will host Nashville on Tuesday night as the Hornets beat Vienna 66-50 last night.
The Salem freshmen play today at home against Mater Dei.
The Centralia Orphans improved to 5-0 with a road win at Althoff 70-41. Centralia will play their first home game of the season tonight at Trout Arena when they host Mattoon.
St Anthony got their first win of the year beating a good North Clay Cardinals team 71-63. Mt Vernon opened up the South 7 with a 66-30 win over Carbondale.
Today, Sandoval boys and girls basketball will head to Red Hill.
Boys Scoreboard:
Albion 54 Frankfort 39
Alton 65 Collinsville 43
Benton 49 Hardin County 29
Cairo 84 Sesser 72
Carterville 65 Red Bud 34
Centralia 70 Althoff 41
Christ Our Rock 58 Sandoval 37
Christopher 59 Cobden 19
Columbia 68 EAWR 18
Dieterich 51 WSS 36
East St Louis 68 Edwardsville 60
Effingham St Anthony 71 North Clay 63
Flora 57 Hillsboro 40
Father McGivney 48 MEL 44
Goreville 70 Harrisburg 50
Granite City 49 Union, Mo. 45
Hamilton County 64 Wayne City 54
Herrin 53 DuQuoin 41
Mahomet Seymour 44 Taylorville 42
Marion 71 Cahokia 64
Mattoon 56 Mt Zion 35
Mt Vernon 66 Carbondale 30
Nashville 66 Vienna 50
Newton 54 Paris 51
Olney 67 Robinson 30
Pana 48 Pawnee 45
Sparta 63 Murphysboro 55
St Elmo/Brownstown 57 Neoga 53
Steeleville 53 Trico 47
Triad 55 Waterloo 36
Zeigler 63 Elverado 59
