Basketball Game Preview: Rockford East E-Rabs vs. Freeport Pretzels

Rockford East hasn't had much luck against Freeport recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Having just played yesterday, the Rockford East E-Rabs will get right back to it and host the Freeport Pretzels at 6:30 p.m.

Rockford East is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game on Thursday. They were dealt an 82-30 loss at the hands of Hononegah. While losing is never fun, the E-Rabs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 625th, while the Indians are ranked 148th).

Meanwhile, Freeport waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 69-29 victory over the Royals. The Pretzels have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 games by 21 points or more this season.

Freeport found their leader in sophomore Paityn London, who posted 30 points. That makes it six consecutive games in which London has scored at least a third of Freeport's points. Another player making a difference was Mariah Relerford, who had ten points.

Freeport has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for Rockford East, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-22.

Rockford East took a serious blow against Freeport in their previous meeting on January 10th, falling 63-22. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rockford East was down 57-12.