The Lincolnwood Lancers will head out to face off against the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Southwestern took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lincolnwood, who comes in off a win.
Lincolnwood is coming into the match on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They snuck past Greenfield with a 40-35 victory on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Lancers have won by exactly five points.
Meanwhile, Southwestern lost to Gillespie on the road by a 41-25 margin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Piasa Birds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 401st, while the Miners are ranked 113th).
Southwestern got a good chunk of their points from the dynamic duo of Vivian Zurheide and Gracie Darr, who each put up six points. Briann Anderson held things down on the boards with six rebounds.
Lincolnwood's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-9. As for Southwestern, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-6.
Lincolnwood came up short against Southwestern when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 39-26. Can Lincolnwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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