Belvidere North was the 49-48 winner over Freeport when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Belvidere North Blue Thunder were outmatched by the Freeport Pretzels and fell 68-38. While losing is never fun, the Blue Thunder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 457th, while the Pretzels are ranked 133rd).
Freeport found their leader in sophomore Paityn London, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and 12 boards. The match was London's 18th in a row with at least ten points. Keagan Huggins was another key player, dropping a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Belvidere North's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Freeport, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Belvidere North will look to defend their home court on Friday against Rockford East at 7:00 p.m. Belvidere North is facing Rockford East at the right time seeing as Rockford East is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Freeport has already played their next game (against Belvidere), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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