The Yorkville Christian Mustangs are on the road again on Thursday and plays Milwaukee Academy of Science at 12:50 p.m. on February 8th. One thing working in Yorkville Christian's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten contests.
Yorkville Christian pushed their score all the way to 65 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They suffered a rough 86-65 loss at the hands of Niles North. While losing is never fun, Yorkville Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 381st, while Niles North is ranked 69th).
Despite the defeat, Yorkville Christian saw an underclassman step up: Jayden Riley scored 31 points along with five assists and two steals. That was a full 47.7% of Yorkville Christian's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Noah Aguado, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 19 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Milwaukee Academy of Science waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins but they left with three. They strolled past Madison La Follette with points to spare, taking the game 86-70. 86 seems to be a good number for Milwaukee Academy of Science as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Yorkville Christian's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-15. As for Milwaukee Academy of Science, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
