The Mather Rangers will head out on the road to challenge the Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Mather is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 65 points on Thursday, they were much more limited against Von Steuben on Tuesday. They lost to the Panthers at home by a 48-29 margin.
Meanwhile, Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood managed to keep up with Morgan Park until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood lost 72-52 to Morgan Park. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 547th, while the Mustangs are ranked 263rd).
This is the second loss in a row for Urban Prep-Bronzeville/Urban Prep-Englewood and nudges their season record down to 7-10. As for Mather, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-11.
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