The last meeting between the Princeton Tigers and the Byron Tigers was a thriller, right down to the very last-second.

The next Battle of the Tigers promises to be just as exciting.

Princeton (20-12) and Byron (21-9) will square off in tonight’s semifinals of the Class 2A Marengo Sectional at 7 p.m. Princeton is riding a 11-game winning streak.

A trip to Friday’s sectional championship against Rock Falls (24-9) will be on the line. The Rockets beat Winnebago 42-40 on Ryken Howard’s game-winning shot with less than a second left on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, Princeton beat Byron 53-51 on Feb. 8 at Prouty Gym on Noah LaPorte’s last-second, game-winning drive. That basket also broke Princeton’s all-time scoring record.

Princeton last won a sectional championship in 2009 at Chillicothe defeating Peoria Manual 71-65. The Tigers have won six sectional championships, including 1954, 1955, 1992, 1994, 2003 and 2009.