The Yorkville Foxes will challenge the Plainfield South Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Yorkville will be strutting in after a victory while Plainfield South will be coming in after a defeat.
Plainfield South is hoping to do what Joliet West couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Yorkville's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Yorkville put the hurt on Joliet West with a sharp 71-50 win. Given the Foxes' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Tigers are ranked 434th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Plainfield South came up short against DeKalb on Monday and fell 54-45. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Yorkville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Plainfield South, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
Everything went Yorkville's way against Plainfield South when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as Yorkville made off with a 65-39 victory. Does Yorkville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Plainfield South turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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