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Highland Park Leyden

Giants

Eagles

The Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home playoff game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 50-49.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Park	-	-	-	-	50
Leyden	-	-	-	-	49

Final score provided by J. Bechtel.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Leyden can't get by Highland Park

February 18, 2025: Franklin Park, IL 60131

Highland Park Giants (Highland Park, IL) supporters left the game happy Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad hold off the host Leyden Eagles (Franklin Park, IL), 50-49 in a non-league match.

With the victory, Highland Park advances its record to 20-8 on the year. The Giants travel to Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) to meet the Hawks in a non-league match on Friday, February 21. The Hawks enter the match with a record of 23-9. Maine South won 68-17 in their recent non-league match against Niles North (Skokie, IL)

The Eagles now own a 21-11 record.

Highland Park @ Leyden Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 18, 2025 @ 7:30p

Regional First Round Game

The Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's home playoff game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 50-49.

Rankings & Records

Highland Park (24-25)

IL	Class
185	67

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-9	9-1	6-5	9-0	5-4	.690	.900	1,294	1,191

Leyden (24-25)

IL	Class
263	85

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-11	7-5	9-6	8-4	4-1	.656	.583	1,330	1,245

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Highland Park	12.3	11.5	11.7	9.5	44.6
Leyden	10.6	9.1	10.9	8.7	41.6

Head-to-Head

Highland Park won on 1/27/2025

1/27 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Leyden 9 5 13 10 37
Highland Park 7 10 12 11 40

The Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 40-37.
Box score
Highland Park won on 2/18/2025

2/18 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Highland Park - - - - 50
Leyden - - - - 49

The Highland Park (IL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away playoff game against Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) by a score of 50-49.
Box score

1/27 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Leyden	9	5	13	10	37
Highland Park	7	10	12	11	40

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Park	9-2		Leyden	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/20/24	Regina Dominican	Highland Park	(W) 54-38	12/21/24	Leyden	Regina Dominican	(W) 47-41
12/3/24	Maine West	Highland Park	(W) 51-44	12/10/24	Maine West	Leyden	(L) 38-30
1/10/25	Highland Park	Maine West	(W) 41-31
12/13/24	Highland Park	Maine East	(W) 44-40	1/4/25	Leyden	Maine East	(W) 44-37
1/24/25	Maine East	Highland Park	(W) 51-37
12/20/24	Highland Park	Niles North	(W) 58-25	12/23/24	Niles North	Leyden	(W) 49-25
1/31/25	Niles North	Highland Park	(W) 55-22
1/7/25	Niles West	Highland Park	(L) 41-40	12/14/24	Leyden	Niles West	(W) 34-26
2/7/25	Highland Park	Niles West	(W) 50-35
1/20/25	Highland Park	Wheeling	(W) 53-35	1/21/25	Wheeling	Leyden	(W) 55-28
2/5/25	Waukegan	Highland Park	(L) 49-41	12/27/24	Waukegan	Leyden	(L) 60-42

Record Breakdown

Highland Park (24-25)		Leyden (24-25)
20-9	Overall	21-11
9-1	League	7-5
5-6	Non-League	6-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-2	Common Opponent	5-2
6-5	Home	9-6
9-0	Away	8-4
5-4	Neutral	4-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
20-9	In-State	21-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0