It was a good run, but the East St. Louis Flyers unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They had to suffer through a rough 81-48 loss at the hands of Chicago Mt. Carmel. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points East St. Louis has scored all season.
East St. Louis lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Robert McCline, who scored 18 points. Another player making a difference was Montreal Stacker, who scored 12 points.
East St. Louis' defeat dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Chicago Mt. Carmel, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season.
East St. Louis will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Edwardsville at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Edwardsville's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last six contests. Chicago Mt. Carmel won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Pekin on December 29th. Pekin will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 155th, while Chicago Mt. Carmel is ranked 14th).
