On a night where the offense struggled, it was defense that came to the rescue for the Macomb High girls basketball team.
Despite those difficulties, the Bombers found just enough offense to defeat Illini West 36-29 Wednesday night at The Hangar.
“You don’t win a lot of games when you score 36 points,” said MHS coach Justin Elbe. “But we just kept changing the defenses up and ran four different things defensively.”
“We were so much better defensively than we were offensively,” he added. “That’s what it took to win.”
Macomb improved to 17-11 on the season, while Illini West dropped to 13-15. The win by the Bombers also allowed them to claim a share of the Prairieland Conference South Division title with a 4-1 mark.
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