The Providence Catholic Celtics's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Evergreen Park Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on February 14th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Unity Christian Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Providence Catholic proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 64-52 win over the Phoenix. 64 seems to be a good number for Providence Catholic as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Evergreen Park over Shepard in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Evergreen Park was the clear victor by a 69-48 margin over Shepard. Given Evergreen Park's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while Shepard is ranked 579th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Providence Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Evergreen Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-9.
Providence Catholic was taken down by Evergreen Park 63-35 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Providence Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
