Normal West's tournament run continued when they took on Lake Forest Academy on Monday. The Normal West Wildcats fell 55-48 to the Lake Forest Academy Caxys. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 441st, while the Caxys are ranked 88th).
Normal West lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Michael Zaleski, who went 5 for 12 en route to 15 points. Chase Sennett was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Normal West's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Lake Forest Academy, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-4.
Normal West has already played their next game, a 57-42 victory against Bloomington on the 23rd. As for Lake Forest Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 68-34 win against Latin on the 22nd.
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