The Central Illinois Conference tournament will see a third matchup between Clinton and Tuscola in a surprising third-place game for the two teams.

The Maroons fell in the Conference tournament's opener Monday night to Warrensburg-Latham before a convincing win Wednesday over Meridian.

Tuscola fell to Shelbyville Wednesday night, dropping the two favorites coming into the tournament to tonight's third-place game at 6:30 pm. 

Clinton fell to Tuscola at the Holiday Hoopla Championship game in Monticello just after Christmas then the Maroons knocked off the Warriors in Clinton on Jan. 19. 

Tonight's championship game Warrensburg-Latham opposite Shelbyville. 

The CIC tournament went to a round-robin format this year at Clinton High School. The teams were seeded and then divided into two pools, playing across three days of action with placement games tonight.

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