The Rock Island Rocks and the Morton Potters will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Rock Island turned things around against Kankakee on Thursday. They came out on top against the Kays by a score of 47-40.
Meanwhile, Morton entered their tilt with Bloomington on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 47-35 win over the Purple Raiders. Given the Potters' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Purple Raiders are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory got Rock Island back to even at 7-7. As for Morton, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Rock Island was dealt a bruising 60-32 defeat at the hands of Morton when the teams last played back in November. Can Rock Island avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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