The St. Patrick Shamrocks will take on the Brother Rice Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Patrick sitting on 12 straight wins and Brother Rice on seven.
St. Patrick is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 49-48 victory over Chicago Mt. Carmel. The win was all the more spectacular given the Shamrocks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Caravan are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Brother Rice didn't have too much trouble with Peoria on Monday as they won 60-41.
St. Patrick's victory bumped their record up to 28-7. As for Brother Rice, their win bumped their record up to 30-6.
St. Patrick might still be hurting after the 64-43 loss they got from Brother Rice in their previous matchup back in December of 2019. Can St. Patrick avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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