Mount Carmel is 0-6 against Danville since January of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Mount Carmel RED TORNADOES will head out on the road to challenge the Danville Ironmen at 7:30 p.m. Mount Carmel will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Mount Carmel will bounce into Friday's game after beating Lewisburg, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Mount Carmel walked away with a 66-59 win over Lewisburg on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Danville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They took down the Warriors 54-39. Given the Ironmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Warriors are ranked 322nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Danville is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for Mount Carmel, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
Mount Carmel came up short against Danville in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 85-81. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Danville's Daniel Walker, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 12 boards. Now that Mount Carmel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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