The Plainfield East Bengals will venture away from home to square off against the Romeoville Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Plainfield East is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Joliet West on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Plainfield East was outmatched by Joliet West and fell 66-32. The Bengals haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Romeoville strolled past Joliet Central with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 59-43. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Steelmen are ranked 562nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Plainfield East's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Romeoville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-3.
Plainfield East and Romeoville were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in February, but Plainfield East came up empty-handed after a 49-48 loss. Can Plainfield East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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