The Sycamore Spartans will take on the Stillman Valley Cardinals in a tournament on Saturday. Sycamore has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Stillman Valley will come in with 25 straight victories.
On Friday, Sycamore came up short against DeKalb and fell 40-29. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 329th, while the Barbs are ranked 143rd).
Meanwhile, Stillman Valley made easy work of Lutheran on Friday and carried off a 61-39 win. The Cardinals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 matches by 21 points or more this season.
Stillman Valley pushed their record up to 25-0 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25.1 points. As for Sycamore, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-17.
Everything went Sycamore's way against Stillman Valley in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, as Sycamore made off with a 40-15 win. Does Sycamore have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stillman Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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