The Crystal Lake Central Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Cary-Grove Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Crystal Lake Central is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Huntley just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Monday. They were outmatched by the Red Raiders and fell 63-28. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Cary-Grove's strategy against Jacobs on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Cary-Grove blew Jacobs out of the water with a 66-11 final score. The Trojans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Cary-Grove has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.2 points per game. As for Crystal Lake Central, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-7.
Crystal Lake Central was dealt a bruising 49-17 loss at the hands of Cary-Grove when the teams last played back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Crystal Lake Central was down 29-8.
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