De La Salle is 2-7 against Chicago Mt. Carmel since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The De La Salle Meteors will square off against the Chicago Mt. Carmel Caravan at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
De La Salle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 52-34 win over St. Francis. The victory continues a trend for the Meteors in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, Chicago Mt. Carmel had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.9 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 65-26 win over the Raiders. Given the Caravan's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Raiders are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chicago Mt. Carmel's win came from a few key players De La Salle will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Cameron Thomas, who went 10-for-15 to rack up 26 points and six rebounds. The contest was his eighth in a row with at least 15 points. Grant Best was another key player, dropping a double-double with 18 points and 14 boards.
Chicago Mt. Carmel pushed their record up to 27-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.3 points over those games. As for De La Salle, their win bumped their record up to 16-17.
De La Salle couldn't quite finish off Chicago Mt. Carmel in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 and fell 66-63. Can De La Salle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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