Sandburg lost against Homewood-Flossmoor on January 7th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Sandburg Eagles lost to the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at home by a 76-60 margin. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Vikings are ranked tenth).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Homewood-Flossmoor to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brent Taylor, who almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave Taylor a new career-high in rebounds. Jayden Tyler was another key player, putting up 18 points along with eight boards and five assists.
Sandburg's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-2 record this season.
Sandburg will take on Lincoln-Way East at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln-Way East will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Sandburg surely won't give up without a fight. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-61 victory against DePaul College Prep on the 25th.
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