Basketball Game Preview: Urbana Tigers vs. Rantoul Eagles

Urbana is on a five-game streak of home losses, Rantoul a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Saturday. The Urbana Tigers will welcome the Rantoul Eagles at 1:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

It was a proper cat-fight when Urbana challenged Normal West on Saturday. Urbana was dealt a 59-19 defeat at the hands of Normal West. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 551st, while the Wildcats are ranked 263rd).

Meanwhile, Rantoul had to suffer through a 73-33 loss at the hands of Mahomet-Seymour.

Urbana's loss dropped their record down to 3-16. As for Rantoul, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-25.

Urbana skirted past Rantoul 35-32 when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Does Urbana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rantoul turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.