The Waterloo Bulldogs will take on the Civic Memorial Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Waterloo is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Red Bud 80-40 on Tuesday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Musketeers are ranked 431st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Civic Memorial, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They breezed by Litchfield to the tune of 71-40 on Tuesday.
Civic Memorial is also on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points per game. As for Waterloo, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-8.
Waterloo didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Civic Memorial when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 43-37 win. Will Waterloo repeat their success, or does Civic Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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