While Brooks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-26), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past the Horizon Science Academy-Southwest Huskies, posting a 71-21 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Huskies are ranked 604th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
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Brooks was led to victory by Jacob Johnson and Malik Arogundade. Johnson made all 7 shots he took racking up 14 points and three steals, while Arogundade went 7 of 9 on his way to 16 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Macauri Sias, who posted eight points.
Brooks is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Horizon Science Academy-Southwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
Brooks will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Richards at 5:00 p.m. As for Horizon Science Academy-Southwest, they will head out to challenge IC Catholic Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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