Basketball Preview: Urbana Tigers vs. Moline Maroons
Urbana is 0-5 against Moline since December of 2017 but things could change on Saturday. The Urbana Tigers will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Moline Maroons at 2:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
Urbana will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Normal West, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Urbana took their game on Thursday with ease, bagging a 69-33 victory over Normal West. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their 29-point performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Moline put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Sterling 77-45. Fans of the Maroons have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Moline's win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Urbana, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Urbana was dealt a bruising 86-32 defeat at the hands of Moline in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. Can Urbana avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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