ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY AT FCHS:
Lady Mules JV Basketball at Mt. Carmel 6pm
OTHER AREA SPORTS FOR TODAY:
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:
Wayne City-Cisne at Mt. Carmel
JR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL:
SIJHSAA JR HIGH BOYS CLASS S STATE SEMIFINALS:
Jasper vs. Summersville
Ewing-Northern vs. Bartelso
JR HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL:
Fairfield vs. North Clay
Jasper vs. Wayne City – POSTPONED
New Hope vs. Grayville
Geff vs. St. Joe-Olney
Cisne at Red Hill
AREA SPORTS RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY:
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:
The Fairfield Lady Mules Basketball team traveled to Flora Wednesday night for their regular season finale against the Wolfgals. Fairfield’s JV squad started the night off with an impressive 42-19 win against Flora. The Lady Mules were led in scoring by Gracyn Vaughan with 8 points. The Lady Mules Varsity team followed that up with their own dominant performance beating the Flora Wolfgals 64-31. Fairfield’s Bentli Belva and Riley Jolly led the team in scoring with 12 points apiece. The Lady Mules finished their regular season with a record of 19-10 and 7-3 in the Black Diamond Conference. Fairfield will kick off its postseason journey on Monday night, February 16th, at the Mt. Carmel Regional versus Salem at 7:30 p.m.
OTHER AREA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES FROM WEDNESDAY:
Anna-Jonesboro 44, Christopher 27
Pope County 66, Cairo 24
Elverado 60, Egyptian 28
Gallatin County 44,Eldorado 26
Waterloo Gibault 50, Sparta 38
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL:
Marlow passes 3000th Career Point Mark
Webber 84, Edwards County 51
Webber Senior Nathaniel Marlow needed 46 points coming into Wednesday night’s game against Edwards County to reach 3,000 points. On what was Webber’s Senior Night, Marlow poured in 51 points, matching Edwards County’s point total for the whole game, as Webber defeated the Lions 84-51. Marlow now has scored 3,005 points in his high school career, making him just the 7th boys basketball player in IHSA history to achieve that milestone.
Marlow is now just 28 points behind Joe Aden of Dongola for 6th All-Time, and only 29 points behind John Scheyer of Glenbrook North, who is 5th All-Time. Scheyer is the current Head Basketball Coach at Duke University. Marlow is also just 43 points away from catching Ross Roberton of South Beloit, who sits at #4 All-Time with 3,048 career points.
Hamilton County 51, Harrisburg 42
Dongola 48, Pope County 46
Cobden 58, Meridian 26
Carlyle 63, Waterloo 56
Wesclin 59, Salem 45
JR HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL:
Fairfield over Jasper in 3 Sets: 12-25, 25-11, 15-8
JV: Jasper over Fairfield in 2 Sets: 25-22, 25-23
Cisne over St. Joe-Olney in 2 Sets: 25-20, 25-8
JV: St Joe-Olney over Cisne in 2 Sets: 25-11, 25-21
***NATIONAL SPORTS***
WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD
NBA
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Boston Celtics 124, Chicago Bulls 105
The Chicago Bulls are on a six-game losing streak following a 124-105 loss to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. The Bulls trailed by as many as 33 points in the loss. Rob Dillingham had 16 points and seven assists off the bench for Chicago, which is in 11th place in the Eastern Conference at 24-and-31. The Bulls host the Raptors on February 19th.
Indiana Pacers 115, Brooklyn Nets 110
The Pacers beat the Nets 115-110 on the road. Jarace Walker led Indiana with 23 points, while Micah Potter contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds off the bench. The Pacers have won back-to-back games to improve to 15-and-40 this season. Indiana visits Washington in its next game on February 19th.
Charlotte Hornets 110, Atlanta Hawks 107
Cleveland Cavaliers 138, Washington Wizards 113
Milwaukee Bucks 116, Orlando Magic 108
ew York Knicks 138, Philadelphia 76ers 89
Detroit Pistons 113, Toronto Raptors 95
LA Clippers 105, Houston Rockets 102
Minnesota Timberwolves 133, Portland Trail Blazers 109
Miami Heat 123, New Orleans Pelicans 111
Oklahoma City Thunder 136, Phoenix Suns 109
Utah Jazz 121, Sacramento Kings 93
Denver Nuggets 122, Memphis Grizzlies 116
San Antonio Spurs 126, Golden State Warriors 113
NHL
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No Games Scheduled (Olympic Break)
Men’s College Basketball (Top-25 Coaches’ Poll)
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#14 Florida 86, Georgia 66
Virginia Tech 76, #18 Clemson 66
#5 UConn 80, Butler 70
#16 Texas Tech 78, Colorado 44
#2 Michigan 87, Northwestern 75
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