The Bloomington Purple Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Kankakee Kays at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, Bloomington came up short against Richwoods and fell 38-28. The Purple Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Kankakee played a tough contest on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 51-30 to Nazareth Academy. While losing is never fun, the Kays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Roadrunners are ranked sixth).
Kankakee's defeat dropped their record down to 17-12. As for Bloomington, the loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 15-11.
Bloomington came up short against Kankakee when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 47-38. Can Bloomington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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