The St. Patrick Shamrocks will square off against the Rich Township Raptors at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with St. Patrick sitting on three straight victories and Rich Township on ten.
St. Patrick will bounce into Monday's contest after beating Benet Academy, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. St. Patrick managed a 53-49 win over Benet Academy on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Shamrocks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Redwings are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, Rich Township strolled past Crete-Monee with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 60-44.
St. Patrick pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Rich Township, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
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