Basketball Game Preview: Crystal Lake South Gators vs. Crystal Lake Central Tigers

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Previous Games

01/22/25 - Away	74-43 W
02/09/24 - Away	74-28 W
01/16/24 - Home	85-41 W
01/24/23 - Home	76-45 W
12/02/22 - Away	51-36 W
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Crystal Lake South has gone 9-1 against Crystal Lake Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Crystal Lake South Gators will look to defend their home court against the Crystal Lake Central Tigers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crystal Lake South has four straight wins, Crystal Lake Central has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Tuesday, Crystal Lake South made easy work of Huntley and carried off a 65-45 victory. The Gators have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Crystal Lake Central came up short against Cary-Grove on Tuesday, falling 64-39. 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 531st, while the Trojans are ranked 199th).

Crystal Lake Central's defeat dropped their record down to 6-22. As for Crystal Lake South, they pushed their record up to 24-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.

Everything came up roses for Crystal Lake South against Crystal Lake Central when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 74-43 victory. Does Crystal Lake South have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crystal Lake Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.