The MCC Crescents will venture away from home to square off against the Niles North Vikings at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (MCC has four straight victories, Niles North has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
MCC will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Islamic Foundation, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. MCC slipped by Islamic Foundation 46-45 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Niles North took a blow against Highland Park on Friday, falling 55-22. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 493rd, while the Giants are ranked 166th).
MCC is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.9 points per game. As for Niles North, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-14.
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