The Mt. Carmel Golden Aces will face off against the Newton Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Carmel is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.1 points per game this season.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mt. Carmel's way against Robinson as Mt. Carmel made off with a 42-18 victory. Given the Golden Aces' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Maroons are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 12/02/24 vs Flora | 19 |
| 01/21/25 vs Robinson | 21 |
| 01/04/24 vs Richland County | 19 |
| 01/29/24 @ Casey-Westfield | 16 |
| 11/21/24 @ Benton | 16 |
Mt. Carmel can attribute much of their success to Madison Stevens, who went 7 of 9 on her way to 21 points and seven boards, and Maycee Randall, who went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Stevens a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Riley Hershey, who posted five points along with five assists and five boards.
Meanwhile, Newton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 64-45 win over the Tigers.
Newton is also on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Mt. Carmel, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-4.
Mt. Carmel couldn't quite finish off Newton when the teams last played last Monday and fell 50-48. Can Mt. Carmel avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
