The Plainfield East Bengals will head out on the road to take on the Yorkville Foxes at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Plainfield East will be strutting in after a victory while Yorkville will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Plainfield East turned things around against Plainfield North on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 61-53. The win was all the more spectacular given the Bengals' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 429th, while the Tigers are ranked 163rd).
Meanwhile, Yorkville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost to Plainfield South on the road by a 57-38 margin.
Plainfield East's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-13. As for Yorkville, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
Plainfield East came up short against Yorkville when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 69-59. Can Plainfield East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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