The Plainfield Central Wildcats will take on the Oswego East Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Plainfield Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Oswego East will come in with eight straight victories.
Plainfield Central is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Metea Valley on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Plainfield Central came up short against Metea Valley, falling 57-33.
Meanwhile, Oswego East was able to grind out a solid win over Oswego on Wednesday, taking the game 62-51. The Wolves pushed the score to 53-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Oswego East's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-7. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Plainfield Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-16.
Plainfield Central was taken down by Oswego East 69-40 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Plainfield Central was down 40-16.
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