Basketball Recap: Plainfield South Skates Past Plainfield East with Ease

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Previous Games

12/11/25 - Home	64-23 W
02/06/25 - Home	66-37 W
12/10/24 - Away	73-46 W
02/01/24 - Away	66-54 W
12/05/23 - Home	61-56 W
+ 5 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plainfield South). They claimed a resounding 64-23 victory over the Plainfield East Bengals. The win continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now won five in a row.

Plainfield South's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Zahira Edwards led the charge by shooting 64% from beyond the arc to rack up 23 points. The dominant performance also gave Edwards a new career-high in shooting accuracy (62%). Layla Lesure was another key player, dropping a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Plainfield South was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. They are 3-1 when they've passed the ball that well.

Plainfield South now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Plainfield East, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.

Looking ahead, Plainfield South will head out on the road to square off against Sycamore at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Plainfield East, they will be home for the holidays to greet Joliet West at 6:30 p.m. on the 19th.