The Manley Wildcats will challenge the Clark Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Clark took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Manley, who comes in off a win.
Manley will head into Thursday's contest having proved themselves against Jones: Manley took a 29-point loss the last time they faced off against Jones, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Manley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 45-43 win over Jones on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Clark took on Curie on Thursday. Clark took a 55-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Curie. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Condors are ranked 46th).
Manley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Clark, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Manley didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Clark in their previous meeting back in January of 2016, but they still walked away with a 63-58 victory. Will Manley repeat their success, or does Clark have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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