The Plainfield North Tigers will square off against the Bartlett Hawks at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Plainfield North will be strutting in after a victory while Bartlett will be coming in after a defeat.
It was a classic North v. South duel when Plainfield North faced off against Plainfield South on Thursday. Plainfield North snuck past Plainfield South with a 57-51 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Cougars are ranked 311th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bartlett was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were outmatched by West Aurora and fell 57-27. The Hawks were down 51-21 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Plainfield North's victory bumped their record up to 11-6. As for Bartlett, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
Plainfield North was taken down by Bartlett 62-33 in their previous meeting back in November of 2018. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Plainfield North was down 39-13.
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