Collinsville will face the Urbana Tigers in the first round of the 30th annual Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classic, the CHS Athletic Department announced Sunday.
The 16-team tournament will feature 29 games in only three days. The main floor of Vergil Fletcher Gymnasium will host 23 of the contests. The tournament kicks off at 9 a.m. Dec. 26 and concludes at 8 p.m. Dec. 28.
The Lincoln Railsplitters (6-0) have garnered the #1 seed. East St. Louis (5-2), which defeated Collinsville 59-33 Dec. 10, is the #2 seed. Althoff (5-1) earned the third seed and Belleville East, at 3-3, is seeded fourth.
The Kahoks (3-5) draw Urbana (4-4) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26. The Tigers have played two Schnucks Holiday Classic teams. They lost 59-42 to Quincy (3-3) to open the season and defeated Decatur Eisenhower (1-5) 69-56 on Dec. 6. The winner of the Collinsville, Urbana game will play the winner of the Althoff, Triad game and the loser will play the loser.
Below are the first-round matchups for Thursday Dec. 26. The team listed first will wear white uniforms. Records are current as of Dec. 15. All first-round games will be played in Fletcher Gym.
Game 1, 9 a.m.: (4) Belleville East (3-3) vs. University City, Mo. (3-1)
Game 2, 10:30 a.m.: Springfield Southeast (4-3) vs. Oakville, Mo. (1-0)
Game 3, 1 p.m.: (1) Lincoln (6-0) vs. Granite City (1-5)
Game 4, 2:30 p.m.: McCluer North, Mo. (3-2) vs. Decatur MacArthur (4-4)
Game 5, 4 p.m.: (3) Althoff (5-1) vs. Triad (1-6)
Game 6, 6:30 p.m.: Urbana (4-4) vs. Collinsville (3-5)
Game 7, 8 p.m.: Quincy (3-3) vs. Chicago Marshall (1-2)
Game 8, 9:30 p.m.: (2) East St. Louis (5-2) vs. Decatur Eisenhower (1-5)
A complete bracket will be available Dec. 16 at https://sites.google.com/a/cusd.kahoks.org/collinsville-holiday-classic/Home