Basketball Recap: Bolingbrook Drops Highest Score of Season Against Plainfield South

Raiders

Team Score

01/28/25 @ Plainfield South	80
12/26/24 vs Thornton Fractional South	66
12/05/24 @ Oswego	65
12/28/24 vs Bloom	65
12/26/24 vs Simeon	64

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bolingbrook). They blew past the Plainfield South Cougars, posting an 80-50 victory. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 23 points or more this season.

Plainfield South lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Layla Lesure, who went 6 for 12 en route to 16 points. Lesure's evening made it five games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. La'Niya Willis was another key player, going 6 of 9 on her way to 14 points and five assists.

The win was the third in a row for Bolingbrook, bringing their record for this year to 16-8. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for Plainfield South, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-16.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Bolingbrook will square off against Yorkville at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Yorkville is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Bolingbrook a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Plainfield South, they will take on Romeoville at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Plainfield South is facing Romeoville at the right time seeing as Romeoville is stuck on a six-game losing streak.