Lakes is 1-9 against Grayslake Central since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lakes Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Grayslake Central Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Lakes beat Deerfield 48-42. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Grayslake Central waltzed into their game on Monday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 53-45 win over the Hurricanes. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grayslake Central pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.4 points per game. As for Lakes, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Lakes was taken down by Grayslake Central 65-31 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lakes was down 39-19.
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