St. Laurence and St. Rita are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The St. Laurence Vikings will be playing at home against the St. Rita Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Laurence has four straight wins, St. Rita has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Sunday, St. Laurence didn't have too much trouble with Glenbard North as they won 55-40. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Panthers are ranked 205th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Rita played a tough match on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Chicago Mt. Carmel and fell 74-28. The Mustangs were down 60-21 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
St. Laurence has 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. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for St. Rita, their loss dropped their record down to 4-19.
Everything came up roses for St. Laurence against St. Rita when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured an 81-43 victory. In that contest, St. Laurence amassed a halftime lead of 53-21, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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