The Lake Zurich Bears will challenge the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Lake Zurich is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Metamora by a score of 70-67 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Redbirds are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Zion-Benton was beaten by St. Francis de Sales 61-33 last Thursday. The Zee-Bees have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Zion-Benton's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Lake Zurich, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Everything came up roses for Lake Zurich against Zion-Benton when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the team secured a 70-43 victory. Does Lake Zurich have another victory up their sleeve, or will Zion-Benton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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