Maine East is 1-9 against Niles West since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Maine East Blue Demons will welcome the Niles West Wolves at 6:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Maine East took a blow against Niles North, falling 90-40. While losing is never fun, the Blue Demons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 497th, while the Vikings are ranked 41st).
Meanwhile, Niles West had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Giants by a score of 60-50.
Maine East's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Niles West, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Maine East came up short against Niles West in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 53-49. Can Maine East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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