The Mt. Pleasant Kilties will venture away from home to challenge the La Salle Academy Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mt. Pleasant is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Shea, who was ranked 24th at the time (Mt. Pleasant was ranked 14th). Mt. Pleasant walked away with a 49-38 victory over Shea on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Kilties.
Meanwhile, La Salle Academy had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They claimed a resounding 76-37 win over the Lions.
La Salle Academy's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.7 points over those games. As for Mt. Pleasant, their win bumped their record up to 11-8.
Mt. Pleasant lost to La Salle Academy on the road by a decisive 52-36 margin in their previous matchup back in January. Can Mt. Pleasant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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