Preview: Plainfield South Cougars vs. Joliet West Tigers
Plainfield South has been on the road for five straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Joliet West Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Plainfield South focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Plainfield South came up short against Romeoville and fell 51-39.
Despite the defeat, Plainfield South got a solid performance out of Destynia Mcgruder, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds. Mcgruder scored a full 30.8% of Plainfield South's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashley Mezewich, who scored 6 points.
Meanwhile, Joliet West earned a 57-48 win over Joliet Central on Tuesday. The win was just what Joliet West needed coming off of a 79-39 defeat in their prior match.
Their wins bumped Plainfield South to 2-3 and Romeoville to 4-1.
Plainfield South ended up a good deal behind Joliet West when the teams last played back in January, losing 74-57. Thankfully for Plainfield South, Destiny McNair (who scored 18 points along with 8 rebounds and 7 assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
