Recap: Hillsboro Hiltoppers vs. Lincolnwood Lancers
The Hillsboro Hiltoppers pushed their score all the way to 57 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Lincolnwood by a score of 60-57. Hillsboro lost against Lincolnwood in their previous head to head back in December of 2022, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 46-43 score last time.
Despite the loss, Hillsboro still got an impressive performance from Nathan Matoush, who scored 23 points along with 5 rebounds. Matoush scored a full 40.4% of Hillsboro's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Stewart, who scored 15 points along with 3 steals.
Hillsboro's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lincolnwood, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-4.
Hillsboro will look to defend their home court on Friday against Pana at 6:00 p.m. Pana and Hillsboro are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads. Lincolnwood will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Litchfield at 8:00 p.m. on December 9th.
