The Kewanee Boilermakers are taking a road trip to take on the Newman Central Catholic Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kewanee will be strutting in after a win while Newman Central Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
Kewanee will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 38-point drubbing they dealt Farmington on Saturday. Kewanee really took it to Farmington for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-17 victory. With the Boilermakers ahead 30-4 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Newman Central Catholic has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 53-48 heartbreaker at the hands of Rockford Christian.
Kewanee has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. As for Newman Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-9.
Kewanee beat Newman Central Catholic 49-42 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kewanee since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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