Basketball Game Preview: Morgan Park Mustangs vs. Brooks Eagles

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Previous Games

01/19/23 - Away	46-81 L
01/20/22 - Home	72-52 W
03/11/21 - Away	48-62 L
01/16/20 - Home	102-61 W
01/16/18 - Away	80-63 W
+ 4 more games

Morgan Park is 7-2 against Brooks since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Saturday. The Morgan Park Mustangs will square off against the Brooks Eagles at 1:00 p.m. Morgan Park knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Brooks likes a good challenge.

On Thursday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Morgan Park beat Christian Fenger Academy 65-61. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Titans: they've now won three in a row.

Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Brooks had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Jaguars by a score of 53-46. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly seven points.

Morgan Park's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-12. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points over those games. As for Brooks, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.

Morgan Park was taken down by Brooks 81-46 in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. Can Morgan Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.