Evergreen Park has won three straight games at home, while Marist has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Evergreen Park Mustangs will welcome the Marist RedHawks at 6:00 p.m. Evergreen Park knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 13 matchups -- so hopefully Marist likes a good challenge.
Evergreen Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Reavis with a sharp 96-73 victory on Tuesday. The Mustangs haven't had any issues with the Rams recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Marist beat De La Salle 61-53 on Tuesday. Given the RedHawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Meteors are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evergreen Park's victory bumped their record up to 14-15. As for Marist, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 21 of their last 22 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-2 record this season.
Evergreen Park might still be hurting after the 83-59 loss they got from Marist when the teams last played back in December of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Evergreen Park was down 43-23.
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