Basketball Preview: Little Village Phoenix vs. Chicago Collegiate Lions
Little Village has gone 4-0 against Chicago Collegiate recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Little Village Phoenix will be playing at home against the Chicago Collegiate Lions at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Little Village has three straight wins, Chicago Collegiate has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, everything went Little Village's way against Kennedy as Little Village made off with a 72-48 victory. The Phoenix have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 24 points or more this season.
Little Village found their leader in sophomore Dion Boyd Jr, who went 5 for 6 en route to 14 points plus eight rebounds and eight steals. Those eight steals set a new season-high mark for Boyd Jr. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmanuel Resendez, who earned 15 points plus four steals.
Meanwhile, a win for Chicago Collegiate just wasn't in the cards on Monday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 20-0 to Raby, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Little Village's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Chicago Collegiate, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything came up roses for Little Village against Chicago Collegiate when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the team secured a 77-10 win. Will Little Village repeat their success, or does Chicago Collegiate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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