The Lake Forest Scouts are taking a road trip to face off against the Mundelein Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Forest has three straight wins, Mundelein has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, Lake Forest had just enough and edged Libertyville out 26-23. Given the Scouts' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Wildcats are ranked 127th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mundelein played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Waukegan and fell 79-47. The Mustangs were down 58-37 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Lake Forest's victory bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Mundelein, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-19.
Lake Forest and Mundelein were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in January, but Lake Forest came up empty-handed after a 32-31 loss. Can Lake Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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