Preview: Kankakee Valley Kougars vs. North Judson-San Pierre Bluejays
Kankakee Valley is 7-2 against North Judson-San Pierre since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Kankakee Valley Kougars will head out on the road to take on the North Judson-San Pierre Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Kankakee Valley's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last six games.
Even though McCutcheon scored an imposing 63 points on Saturday, Kankakee Valley still came out on top. Kankakee Valley managed a 69-63 victory over McCutcheon.
Kankakee Valley got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Camden Webster out in front who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. Webster has been hot recently, having posted 18 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Jones, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Judson-San Pierre came up short against Hebron on Saturday and fell 54-47. While losing is never fun, North Judson-San Pierre can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while Hebron is ranked 132nd).
Kankakee Valley's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for North Judson-San Pierre, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
Kankakee Valley and North Judson-San Pierre were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, but Kankakee Valley came up empty-handed after a 48-47 loss. Can Kankakee Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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