Benton coaches Wade Thomas and Ron Winemiller drawing up a play during a time out at last night’s win at Murphysboro. (Thank you Cindy Page.)
MURPHYSBORO – The Benton Rangers, coming off of a split of the BIT crown with Pinckneyville, take command of the SIRR-Ohio race last night picking up a huge 41-37 road win against the Murphysboro Red Devils.
Parker Williams and Carson Lewis were the two Rangers in double figures with eleven points.
Benton coach Ron Winemiller said this to Geary Dentison of the Southern Illinoisan after last night’s win. “We traded blow for blow, we’d make a play and they would make a play, but luckily we were able to make our free throws down the stretch and hold them off. Gehrig Wynn was able to make the last two to get it to a two-possession game after we forced them into taking a tough shot and rebounding the miss.”
The Rangers improve to (18-3) on the season and (5-0) in the River-to-River. The travel to Herrin tomorrow night.
The Red Devils fall to (15-5) on the year and (3-2) in the conference. They travel to Massac County tomorrow night.
Link to the full story from The Southern
Link to the conference standings
http://abaselineview.com/abvstandingssirr.html
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