St. Rita and St. Laurence are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The St. Rita Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the St. Laurence Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: St. Rita has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while St. Laurence will arrive with four straight wins.
St. Rita is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Chicago Mt. Carmel on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Rita had to suffer through a 74-28 loss at the hands of Chicago Mt. Carmel. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Caravan are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, St. Laurence strolled past Glenbard North with points to spare on Sunday, taking the game 55-40.
St. Laurence has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for St. Rita, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-19.
St. Rita was dealt a bruising 81-43 loss at the hands of St. Laurence in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Rita was down 53-21.
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