The Cary-Grove Trojans will face off against the Crystal Lake Central Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cary-Grove will be strutting in after a victory while Crystal Lake Central will be coming in after a loss.
Crystal Lake Central will be up against a hot Cary-Grove team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Cary-Grove blew past Jacobs 66-11 on Monday. With the Trojans ahead 36-2 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, Crystal Lake Central's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They were outmatched by Huntley and fell 63-28. 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 188th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 15th).
Cary-Grove has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.7 points per game. As for Crystal Lake Central, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-7.
Everything came up roses for Cary-Grove against Crystal Lake Central in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured a 49-17 win. In that game, Cary-Grove amassed a halftime lead of 29-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Wednesday.
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