Herscher hasn't had much luck against Peotone recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Herscher Tigers will challenge the Peotone Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It was a proper cat-fight when Herscher duked it out with Manteno on Thursday. Herscher fell 41-33 to Manteno. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 443rd, while the Panthers are ranked 201st).
Meanwhile, Peotone was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 37-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wilmington.
Addison Brandau was Peotone's leading scorer, having posted seven points. Brandau also led the team in rebounds with 12. Callie Weiss took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with four assists.
Peotone's loss dropped their record down to 6-21. As for Herscher, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-13.
Herscher came up short against Peotone in their previous matchup back in January, falling 45-32. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Peotone's Peyton Bisping, who went 6 of 11 to rack up 18 points and four steals. Now that Herscher knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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