The Evergreen Park Mustangs will take on the Simeon Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Evergreen Park is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
Evergreen Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Chicago Vocational to the tune of 76-25 on Tuesday. The Mustangs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Simeon walked away with it. They blew past the Catamounts, posting an 83-26 win.
Evergreen Park better keep an eye on Janiya Pillow. She was instrumental in Simeon's win, dropping a double-double with 17 points and ten steals. Pillow continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last five games she's played. Gabby Howard was another key player, going 6-for-13 on her way to 13 points and three steals.
Simeon was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.5 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 10.2.
Simeon's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-14. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 39.7 points. As for Evergreen Park, their win bumped their record up to 21-10.
Evergreen Park ended up a good deal behind Simeon when the teams last played back in November of 2016, losing 56-38. Can Evergreen Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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