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Comeback saves Cheesemakers
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Times photo: Adam Krebs Monroes Mitch Tordoff puts up a 3-pointer in the first half of the Cheesemakers 52-38 win over Rock Island (Ill.) Alleman in Mount Carroll, Ill. Monroe jumps back into action tonight with a home game against Fort Atkinson. Order photo
MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. - Usually in basketball, the better team comes out victorious. For 23 minutes, Monroe's boys were the better team in their 52-38 West Carroll Invitational Showdown win over Rock Island (Ill.) Alleman."This was a bit of a step forward for us," Monroe head coach Pat Murphy said of his team's first non-conference win of the season.