Providence-St. Mel and Ida Crown Jewish Academy are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Providence-St. Mel Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ida Crown Jewish Academy Aces at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Providence-St. Mel comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 23 points in their last six games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse.
Providence-St. Mel scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Our Lady of Tepeyac 23-21. That looming 23-21 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Providence-St. Mel yet this season.
Meanwhile, Ida Crown Jewish Academy waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They snuck past Non Varsity Opponent with a 44-40 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ida Crown Jewish Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ilana Schwartz, who scored 22 points. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Schwartz has scored at least a third of Ida Crown Jewish Academy's points. Jordana Zwelling was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Providence-St. Mel's victory bumped their record up to 1-5. As for Ida Crown Jewish Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Providence-St. Mel took a serious blow against Ida Crown Jewish Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2022, falling 44-8. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Providence-St. Mel was down 34-0.
