After flying high against North Chicago last Saturday, Grant Community came back down to earth. The Grant Community Bulldogs took a 60-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vernon Hills Cougars on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 523rd, while the Cougars are ranked 202nd).
Grant Community has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-16 record this season. As for Vernon Hills, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season.
Grant Community will challenge Antioch at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Vernon Hills has already played their next game (against Maine East), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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