The Romeoville Spartans will venture away from home to challenge the Oswego East Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Romeoville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 69 points last Saturday, they were much more limited against Bolingbrook on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 62-22 loss at the hands of the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 378th, while the Raiders are ranked 78th).
Meanwhile, Oswego East had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They skirted past the Panthers 58-56. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wolves have posted since February 8, 2024.
Oswego East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for Romeoville, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
Romeoville beat Oswego East 53-46 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Romeoville since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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