The Bloomington Purple Raiders will square off against the MacArthur Generals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Bloomington has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while MacArthur will arrive with three straight victories.
Bloomington came up into this matchup off a tough 30-point loss last Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Lake Park by a score of 55-53 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask MacArthur). They walked away with an 86-76 win over Oakville on Sunday. Given the Generals' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 92nd in Illinois, while the Tigers are ranked 224th in Missouri), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
MacArthur is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for Bloomington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12.
Bloomington was dealt a bruising 90-31 loss at the hands of MacArthur in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bloomington was down 65-15.
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