Basketball Recap: Thornton Fractional South Beats Oak Forest for Their Eighth Straight Victory

Red Wolves

Margin (Wins)

12/02/24 vs Whiting	48
12/12/24 vs Blue Island Eisenhower	42
12/14/24 vs Thornwood	40
12/10/24 @ Argo	35
01/14/25 vs Reavis	33

Thornton Fractional South had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.9 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Oak Forest Bengals as they made off with a 58-33 win. The Red Wolves have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 24 points or more this season.

Thornton Fractional South is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Oak Forest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-14.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Thornton Fractional South won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Evergreen Park at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Evergreen Park is on a four-game streak of home wins, Thornton Fractional South a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Oak Forest, they will head out on the road to square off against Lemont at 6:30 p.m. on February 4th.