Basketball Recap: Highland Park Skates Past Niles North with Ease

Highland Park had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 33-point drubbing they dealt Niles North on Friday. The Highland Park Giants blew past the Niles North Vikings 55-22. Given the Giants' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Vikings are ranked 493rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Giants

Previous 3 Games (Home)

01/31/25 vs Niles North	55-22
01/27/25 vs Leyden	40-37
01/24/25 vs Maine East	51-37

Highland Park pushed their record up to 18-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Niles North, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost 13 of their last 14 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Highland Park has already played their next contest (against Waukegan), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Niles North will host MCC at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (MCC has four straight wins, Niles North has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.