The Sandburg Eagles will square off against the Marist RedHawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Sandburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 62-50 victory over Homewood-Flossmoor. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Marist waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed past the Red Wolves to the tune of 65-36. Given the RedHawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Red Wolves are ranked 181st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marist's win bumped their record up to 24-8. As for Sandburg, their victory bumped their record up to 25-8.
Sandburg came up short against Marist when the teams last played back in January of 2023, falling 53-40. Can Sandburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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