Basketball Recap: West Aurora Beats Wheaton-Warrenville South for Their Seventh Straight Win

Blackhawks

Previous Games

01/25/25 vs Wheaton-Warrenville South	48-45
01/20/25 @ Geneva	49-40
01/18/25 @ Plainfield East	69-57
01/11/25 vs Streamwood	88-40
01/10/25 @ Bartlett	64-36
+ 2 more games

West Aurora came tearing into Saturday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers 48-45. The win was all the more spectacular given the Blackhawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Tigers are ranked 80th).

West Aurora is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.6 points per game. As for Wheaton-Warrenville South, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Aurora has already played their next contest (against Larkin), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers take on the Glenbard North Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.