Elk Grove is 1-9 against Wheeling since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Elk Grove Grenadiers will be playing at home against the Wheeling Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Elk Grove is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game dating back to last season on Monday. They had to suffer through a 79-49 loss at the hands of Cary-Grove. While losing is never fun, the Grenadiers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 621st, while the Trojans are ranked 274th).
Meanwhile, Wheeling was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 60-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Chicago.
Wheeling's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Elk Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Elk Grove couldn't quite finish off Wheeling in their previous meeting back in January and fell 43-41. Can Elk Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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