The Thornton Fractional North Meteors will venture away from home to challenge the Shepard Astros at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Thornton Fractional North has three straight victories, Shepard has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Thornton Fractional North will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 32-point drubbing they dealt Richards on Tuesday. Thornton Fractional North blew past Richards, posting a 67-35 win. Given the Meteors' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 544th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Shepard played a tough game on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 66-33 loss at the hands of Hillcrest. The Astros were down 50-23 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Thornton Fractional North's victory bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Shepard, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Thornton Fractional North was able to grind out a solid win over Shepard when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 60-49. Will Thornton Fractional North repeat their success, or does Shepard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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