Oswego is 1-8 against Joliet West since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Panthers will look to defend their home court against the Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Oswego has given up an average of 56.8 points per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Oswego came up short against Bolingbrook and fell 56-45. The contest marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Joliet West took on Plainfield South on Friday. The Tigers claimed a resounding 52-25 win over the Cougars. The Tigers pushed the score to 51-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Joliet West pushed their record up to 3-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 59.3 points this season. As for Oswego, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
Oswego lost to Joliet West at home by a decisive 57-43 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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