Basketball Recap: Homewood-Flossmoor Beats Lincoln-Way Central for Their Tenth Straight Victory

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Previous Games

02/04/25 @ Lincoln-Way Central	83-67
01/28/25 vs Lockport	88-55
01/25/25 @ DePaul College Prep	62-61
01/24/25 @ Sandburg	76-60
01/21/25 @ Bradley-Bourbonnais	88-59
+ 5 more games

Homewood-Flossmoor extended their winning streak to ten games thanks to a huge performance from Ethan Howard. The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings took down the Lincoln-Way Central Knights 83-67 on Tuesday thanks in part to Howard, who dropped a triple-double on 30 points, ten rebounds, and 11 assists. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in boards.

Another player making a difference was Jayden Tyler, who went 6 for 11 en route to 20 points along with five assists and five rebounds. His evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Homewood-Flossmoor is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.8 points per game. As for Lincoln-Way Central, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9.

Homewood-Flossmoor and Lincoln-Way Central should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. Homewood-Flossmoor will face off against Stagg at 6:00 p.m. on Friday up 553 places (6 vs. 559). Homewood-Flossmoor is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road. Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way Central (ranked 114th) will meet Andrew (ranked 308th) at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.