Basketball Game Preview: Academy of Richmond County Musketeers vs. West Laurens Raiders

The Academy of Richmond County Musketeers will head out to challenge the West Laurens Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Academy of Richmond County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Aquinas for the full four quarters, racking up a 76-45 win. The Musketeers pushed the score to 63-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Fightin' Irish had little chance of recovering from.

Meanwhile, West Laurens was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 60-55 to Cross Creek. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Razorbacks are ranked 26th).

West Laurens' loss dropped their record down to 10-12. As for Academy of Richmond County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-13.

Academy of Richmond County was able to grind out a solid win over West Laurens when the teams last played back in January, winning 65-52. The rematch might be a little tougher for Academy of Richmond County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.