Our Lady of Mount Carmel is 0-10 against St. Frances Academy since March of 2016 but things could change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cougars challenge the St. Frances Academy Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Our Lady of Mount Carmel is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel will head into Wednesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 21) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past St. Timothy's 43-40. The 43-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jaylah King
| 12/11/24 @ St. Timothy's | 17 |
| 12/07/24 vs Oxon Hill | 15 |
| 12/06/24 vs St. Mary's | 32 |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jaylah King, who posted 17 points. The game was King's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiersten Rurka, who put up 11 points.
Meanwhile, St. Frances Academy faced Pallotti in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. St. Frances Academy blew past Pallotti 62-39. St. Frances Academy has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 23 points or more this season.
St. Frances Academy's win came from a few key players Our Lady of Mount Carmel will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Heidi Williams, who went 9 of 19 on her way to 21 points and six rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Sutton, who went 6 of 13 on her way to 16 points and three steals.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for St. Frances Academy, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Our Lady of Mount Carmel hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 60.7 points per game. However, it's not like St. Frances Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 68.4 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel ended up a good deal behind St. Frances Academy in their previous meeting back in February, losing 64-45. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Frances Academy's Dahni Suggs, who almost dropped a triple-double on 20 points, 19 boards, and nine blocks. Now that Our Lady of Mount Carmel knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
