Basketball Game Preview: Plainfield South Cougars vs. Plainfield Central Wildcats + Official Tickets

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Previous Games

02/14/25 - Home	67-31 W
12/13/24 - Away	53-32 W
02/09/24 - Away	53-47 W
12/08/23 - Home	50-35 W
02/03/23 - Home	69-27 W
+ 5 more games

Plainfield South has gone 8-2 against Plainfield Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Cougars will be home for the holidays to greet the Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Plainfield South is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

Plainfield South is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Plainfield East on the road by a 60-44 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 506th, while the Bengals are ranked 105th).

Meanwhile, Plainfield Central hadn't done well against Joliet Central recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Wildcats took down the Steelmen 54-37. The game marked the Wildcats' most dominant victory of the season so far.

Plainfield South's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Plainfield Central, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 3-6.

Everything came up roses for Plainfield South against Plainfield Central in their previous meeting back in February, as the team secured a 67-31 victory. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.