South Elgin has won four straight games at home, while Glenbard East has won four straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The South Elgin Storm will host the Glenbard East Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Elgin is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Aurora East: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that South Elgin blew Aurora East out of the water with a 59-25 final score. The Storm have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 25 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Glenbard East over Elmwood Park in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Glenbard East blew Elmwood Park out of the water with a 55-22 final score. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Tigers are ranked 559th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Elgin has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Glenbard East, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
South Elgin was taken down by Glenbard East 67-34 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Elgin was down 37-16.
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