The Plainfield South Cougars's game on Thursday was all tied up 28-28 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 59-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of Romeoville. While losing is never fun, Plainfield South can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while Romeoville is ranked 43rd).
Despite the loss, Plainfield South still got an impressive performance from Jazlynn Foster, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 22 rebounds. Foster has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last seven times she's played. Another player making a difference was Tierra Abner, who scored nine points along with four steals.
Plainfield South's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Romeoville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
Plainfield South won't have much time to rest: their next game is against West Aurora at 6:30 p.m. on January 26th. Hopefully West Aurora focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Wednesday. As for Romeoville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Oswego East at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
