The St. Francis Spartans and the St. Charles East Fighting Saints will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
St. Francis is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 63 points on Thursday, they were much more limited against St. Laurence on Friday. They took a blow against the Vikings, falling 65-29. The Spartans have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, St. Charles East came up short against Geneva on Friday and fell 50-41. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Vikings are ranked 63rd).
St. Charles East dropped their record down to 14-13 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 13-15.
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