Carmi-White County hasn't had much luck against Mt. Carmel recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Carmi-White County Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces at 7:30 p.m. Carmi-White County has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
On Monday, Carmi-White County was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 61-60 to Hamilton County.
Meanwhile, Mt. Carmel had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They took down the Orphans 41-24. Given the Golden Aces' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Orphans are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mt. Carmel is also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for Carmi-White County, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-8.
Carmi-White County came up short against Mt. Carmel in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 43-32. Can Carmi-White County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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