The Kewanee Boilermakers will challenge the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Erie-Prophetstown is facing Kewanee at the wrong time: Kewanee suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 39-38 to the Bruins.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 51-22, which was the final score in Erie-Prophetstown's tilt against Calamus-Wheatland on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 532nd in Illinois, while the Warriors are ranked 219th in Iowa).
Kewanee's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 12-8. As for Erie-Prophetstown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-13.
Kewanee was able to grind out a solid victory over Erie-Prophetstown in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, winning 47-35. Will Kewanee repeat their success, or does Erie-Prophetstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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