Basketball: Mount Carmel stays hot with win over South Terrebonne

Coming off of a solid showing in the 10th Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic where it reached the semifinals, Mount Carmel Academy continued to show that it will be a factor in Division I this season.

On Monday evening, the Cubs handled South Terrebonne 38-16 at home.

Taylor Wilkin finished with 12 points and eight steals, Taylor Haggard had seven points and five steals and Miranda Strassel finished with seven assists for MCA.

The Cubs (15-4) have now won 10 of their last 11 games and will open district play Friday at rival Dominican at 6 p.m. in what will be a big game.

Dominican downed Haynes Academy 56-46 Monday to improve to 15-5.

Mount Carmel is second while Dominican is third in the latest Division I power rankings to start the New Year. District 9-5A rival and three-time defending Division I state champion John Curtis Christian is first.

Area Prep Basketball Results from Monday, Jan. 6

Boys

Ascension Catholic 72, French Settlement 70

Central Private 56, Albany 43

Hammond 49, White Castle 44

Loranger 52, East Feliciana 32

Mount Hermon 75, Varnado 59

Parkview Baptist 60, Riverside Academy 51

Girls

Archbishop Chapelle 40, St. Scholastica 26

Dominican 56, Haynes Academy 46

Doyle 61, Denham Springs 50

McMain 48, New Orleans Military & Maritime 23

Mount Carmel Academy 38, South Terrebonne 16

Ponchatoula 63, St. Amant 44

Ursuline Academy 55, Cabrini 32

Varnado 49, Mount Hermon 28

Area Prep Basketball Schedule for Tuesday, Jan. 7

Boys

Archbishop Rummel at Archbishop Shaw, 7 p.m.

Bonnabel at West Jefferson, 7:15 p.m.

H.L. Bourgeois at East St. John, 7 p.m.

Carver at M.L. King Charter, 7 p.m.

Chalmette at South Lafourche, 6:30 p.m.

J.S. Clark Leadership Academy at St. Charles Catholic, 7 p.m.

John Curtis Christian at Jesuit, 7 p.m.

De La Salle at McMain, 6:30 p.m.

Doyle at Runnels, 6 p.m.

Ecole Classique at Ridgewood, 6 p.m.

Einstein Charter at Livingston Collegiate, 6 p.m.

Fontainebleau at Hammond, 7:15 p.m.

Grand Isle at Covenant Christian, 5 p.m.

Hahnville at Terrebonne, 7 p.m.

J.F. Kennedy at Broadmoor, 7 p.m.

Mandeville at Northshore, 7 p.m.

Mount Hermon at Kentwood, 5 p.m.

Newman at Country Day, 7 p.m.

Northlake Christian at Holden, 6 p.m.

Pearl River at Riverdale, 7 p.m.

Pine at Bogalusa, 7 p.m.

Ponchatoula at Covington, 7 p.m.

Salmen at Warren Easton, 7 p.m.

Springfield at Woodlawn (BR), 7:15 p.m.

St. Augustine at Holy Cross, 7:15 p.m.

St. Paul’s at Slidell, 7 p.m.

Vandebilt Catholic at Higgins, 7 p.m.