Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Greenfield/Northwestern Tigers walked away with it. They blew past the Tigers 51-19 at home on Monday. Given Greenfield/Northwestern's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 375th, while Dupo is ranked 767th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nathan Nord had a dynamite game for Greenfield/Northwestern, scoring 16 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Garrett Costello, who scored eight points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Greenfield/Northwestern has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 20-12 record this season. As for Dupo, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-23.
Greenfield/Northwestern will face off against Metro-East Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Greenfield/Northwestern focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Monday. Dupo does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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