The Plainfield North Tigers will square off against the Naperville Central Redhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Naperville Central is facing Plainfield North at the wrong time: Plainfield North suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 50-49 to the Spartans. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Naperville Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 56-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Geneva. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Vikings are ranked 60th).
Plainfield North's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-9. As for Naperville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-12.
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