Preview: SIUE East St. Louis Charter vs. Mt. Olive Wildcats
SIUE East St. Louis Charter will head out on the road to square off against the Mt. Olive Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (SIUE East St. Louis Charter has eight straight victories, Mt. Olive has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Valmeyer scored an imposing 58 points on Thursday, SIUE East St. Louis Charter still came out on top. SIUE East St. Louis Charter took down Valmeyer 72-58.
Kejuan Rives continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 32 points along with six rebounds and three steals. It was the first time this season that he grabbed two or more steals. Another player making a difference was Jaylen Wiley, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mt. Olive pushed their score all the way to 57 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 69-57 to East Alton-Wood River.
Despite the defeat, Mt. Olive got a solid performance out of Briley Viviano, who scored 23 points. Dexter Frizzo was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
SIUE East St. Louis Charter is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Mt. Olive, they dropped their record down to 3-21 with that loss, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.
