A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Oswego Panthers duke it out with the West Chicago Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday...
Oswego will head into Tuesday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Bolingbrook and fell 65-28. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 238th, while the Raiders are ranked 61st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Chicago). They breezed by Aurora East to the tune of 72-41 on Friday. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 20 points or more this season.
The victory was the fourth in a row for West Chicago, bringing their record for this year to 21-7. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25.8 points. As for Oswego, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-14.
Things could have been worse for Oswego, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 52-36 loss to West Chicago when the teams last played back in November of 2017. Can Oswego avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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