The Rantoul Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Urbana Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Rantoul is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.
Rantoul lost 86-63 to East Peoria on Friday. 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 336th, while the Raiders are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, Urbana scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 80-72 to Richwoods. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Rantoul's defeat dropped their record down to 13-18. As for Urbana, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last nine contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-17 record this season.
Rantoul came up short against Urbana in their previous matchup last Saturday, falling 60-55. Can Rantoul avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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