The Lyons Lions and the Crete-Monee Warriors will face off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Lyons has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
On Friday, Lyons didn't have quite enough to beat York and fell 59-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (56), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Crete-Monee suffered their biggest loss since December 15, 2024 on Friday. They lost 65-42 to Kankakee. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Kays are ranked 28th).
Lyons dropped their record down to 7-7 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.8 points per game. As for Crete-Monee, their loss dropped their record down to 12-6.
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