The Niles West Wolves and the Maine West Warriors will compete for holiday cheer at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Niles West has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with 14 straight defeats, while Maine West will come in with four straight wins.
Niles West is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a hard 55-41 fall against Lane Tech on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 582nd, while the Champions are ranked 82nd).
Meanwhile, Maine West beat Elk Grove 29-21 on Tuesday.
The victory got Maine West back to even at 5-5. As for Niles West, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Niles West came up short against Maine West in their previous matchup back in February, falling 50-43. Can Niles West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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