The Payton College Prep Grizzlies will take on the Brooks Eagles at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Payton College Prep will bounce into Saturday's match after beating North Lawndale, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Payton College Prep was the clear victor by a 52-32 margin over North Lawndale on Thursday. The Grizzlies pushed the score to 46-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Phoenix cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Brooks beat Kennedy 55-46 on Thursday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 283rd, while the Crusaders are ranked 665th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton College Prep is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.1 points per game. As for Brooks, their victory bumped their record up to 10-6.
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