Basketball Game Preview: Conant Cougars vs. Hoffman Estates Hawks

The Conant Cougars will challenge the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Conant is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.

On Tuesday, Conant ended up a good deal behind Naperville North and lost 51-32. The match marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hoffman Estates, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 45-44 victory over Elmwood Park. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Tigers are ranked 472nd), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Hoffman Estates' win bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Conant, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-13.

Conant didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Hoffman Estates when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. Does Conant have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hoffman Estates turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.