It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Sandburg Eagles challenge the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Monday... Sandburg has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Sandburg picked up another tournament win on Thursday. They pulled ahead with a 60-59 photo finish over Maine East.
Meanwhile, Hoffman Estates entered their tilt with Carmel on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They took down the Corsairs 54-37. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Corsairs are ranked 569th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hoffman Estates has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points per game. As for Sandburg, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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