The Prospect Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Hersey Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Prospect is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 66 points on Friday, they were much more limited against Lake Park on Monday. They fell to the Lancers 32-27. The game marked the Knights' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hersey entered their tilt with Wheeling on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wildcats 67-36. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Wildcats are ranked 429th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hersey pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.4 points per game. As for Prospect, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11.
Prospect lost to Hersey on the road by a decisive 51-36 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Prospect avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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