The Indian Creek Timberwolves will take on the Earlville Red Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Monday, Indian Creek was beaten by Yorkville Christian 70-35. While losing is never fun, the Timberwolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 571st, while the Mustangs are ranked 182nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Earlville). They simply couldn't be stopped on Wednesday as they easily beat Lowpoint-Washburn 51-24. The win was some much needed relief for the Red Raiders as it spelled an end to their six-game losing streak.
Earlville's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15. As for Indian Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Indian Creek might still be hurting after the 46-20 loss they got from Earlville when the teams last played back in January of 2023. Can Indian Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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