The Highland Park Giants and the Jefferson J-Hawks will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Highland Park has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last five games.
Highland Park will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Vernon Hills, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Highland Park came out on top against Vernon Hills by a score of 55-44 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Jefferson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They were beaten by Hononegah 68-32. While losing is never fun, the J-Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 515th, while the Indians are ranked 140th).
Highland Park pushed their record up to 11-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Jefferson, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-16.
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