Preview: Providence-St. Mel Knights vs. Uplift Titans
The Providence-St. Mel Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Uplift Titans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Providence-St. Mel has now lost ten straight, leaving the team is hunting for their first win since December 29.
Providence-St. Mel pushed their score all the way to 57 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They suffered a tough 77-57 loss at the hands of IC Catholic Prep. While losing is never fun, Providence-St. Mel can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 520th, while IC Catholic Prep is ranked 226th).
Despite the loss, Providence-St. Mel got a solid performance out of Gerald Davis, who scored 23 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Davis has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Robert Hughes Jr., who scored 12 points.
Meanwhile, Uplift stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They really took it to Tilden for the full four quarters, racking up a 86-13 victory at home. Uplift pushed the score to 76-10 by the end of the third, a deficit Tilden had no chance of recovering from.
Providence-St. Mel has not been sharp recently as the team has lost 14 of their last 15 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-18 record this season. As for Uplift, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
Everything came up roses for Providence-St. Mel against Uplift when the teams last played back in November of 2022 as the team secured a 75-41 victory. Does Providence-St. Mel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Uplift turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
