Basketball Recap: Wheeling Sets Scoring Season-High Against Elk Grove

Wildcats

Team Score

12/20/24 @ Elk Grove	70
11/26/24 vs Schurz	62
12/07/24 vs Maine East	61
11/27/24 vs South Shore International	59
12/16/24 @ North Chicago	52

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wheeling). The stars were shining brightly for them in a 70-56 win over the Elk Grove Grenadiers on Friday. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Grenadiers, too.

Wheeling's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-6. As for Elk Grove, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 0-10.

Wheeling and Elk Grove could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. Wheeling (ranked 527th) will meet Glenbrook North (ranked 244th) at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Wheeling is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak. Similarly, Elk Grove will challenge Waubonsie Valley at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday down 607 places (623 vs. 16).