The St. Francis Spartans will head out to challenge the Glenbard South Raiders at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Francis took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They enjoyed a cozy 61-43 win over De La Salle. The Spartans pushed the score to 53-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Meteors cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Glenbard South came tearing into Thursday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bison 64-19. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Bison are ranked 397th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Glenbard South's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.1 points per game. As for St. Francis, their win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-14.
St. Francis couldn't quite finish off Glenbard South in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 and fell 45-42. Can St. Francis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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