Basketball Game Recap: Plainfield Central Wildcats vs. Plainfield East Bengals

By Team Reports Dec 7, 2023, 8:52pm

Recap: Plainfield Central Wildcats vs. Plainfield East Bengals

The Plainfield Central Wildcats lost against the Plainfield East Bengals back in February, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Plainfield Central had to suffer through a rough 76-43 loss at the hands of Plainfield East. Plainfield Central has struggled against Plainfield East recently, as their game on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.

Plainfield East had a senior duo take command as Lexi Sepulveda dropped a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds and Anna Jenkins dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which Sepulveda has scored at least 25% of Plainfield East's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gianna Thompson, who scored 9 points.

Plainfield Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Plainfield East, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.

Plainfield Central will head out on the road to face off against Romeoville at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Romeoville is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games. As for Plainfield East, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Joliet Central at 6:30 p.m.