Basketball Game Preview: Normal West Wildcats vs. East Peoria Raiders

By Team Reports Jan 19, 2025, 3:53am

Basketball Preview: Normal West Wildcats vs. East Peoria Raiders

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The Normal West Wildcats will challenge the East Peoria Raiders at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Normal West is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Peoria to the tune of 61-22 on Thursday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Lions are ranked 529th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, East Peoria hadn't done well against Limestone recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. East Peoria narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Limestone 42-39. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Raiders have posted since December 2, 2024.

Normal West's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-12. As for East Peoria, they now have a winning record of 12-11.

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