Basketball Recap: Hillcrest Skates Past Thornton Fractional South with Ease

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

01/17/25 @ Blue Island Eisenhower	70
01/27/25 vs Richards	37
11/26/24 vs Longwood	34
01/31/25 @ Thornton Fractional South	34
01/14/25 vs Shepard	33

Hillcrest waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves, posting an 85-51 win. The Hawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 21 points or more this season.

Hillcrest is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Thornton Fractional South, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-15 record this season.

Hillcrest will face off against Bremen at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hillcrest has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Thornton Fractional South has already played their next contest (against Lincoln-Way East), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.