Basketball Preview: Fieldcrest Knights vs. LeRoy Panthers
The Fieldcrest Knights will take on the LeRoy Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
LeRoy is facing Fieldcrest at the wrong time: Fieldcrest suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They lost to the Grey Ghosts at home by a 64-46 margin. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th, while the Grey Ghosts are ranked 94th).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when LeRoy duked it out withWarrensburg-Latham on Saturday. LeRoy blew past Warrensburg-Latham 51-31. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matchups by 20 points or more this season.
LeRoy pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Fieldcrest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Fieldcrest came up short against LeRoy when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 59-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of LeRoy's Natalie Loy, who went 11 for 15 en route to 28 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. Now that Fieldcrest knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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