Mount Si is 10-0 against Eastlake since January of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mount Si Wildcats will be playing at home against the Eastlake Wolves at 8:15 p.m. Mount Si will be looking to keep their 24-game home win streak alive.
Mount Si can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 86-41 victory over Newport - Bellevue. With Mount Si ahead 42-14 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Mount Si had a senior duo take command as Trevor Hennig scored 19 points along with seven assists and three steals and Blake Forrest scored 12 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. Hennig has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Marcus Heide, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Eastlake pushed their score all the way to 62 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 66-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of Issaquah. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game on Friday (55), Eastlake still had to take the loss.
Mount Si is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Eastlake, they have been struggling recently, as they've lost seven of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Mount Si against Eastlake when the teams last played back in December of 2023 as the team secured a 79-45 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Eastlake's Kelyan Wandji, who scored 18 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mount Si still be able to contain him? There's only one way to find out.
