Basketball Game Preview: St. Lawrence Central Larries vs. Edwards-Knox Cougars

The St. Lawrence Central Larries will venture away from home to square off against the Edwards-Knox Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Lawrence Central has three straight victories, Edwards-Knox has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

St. Lawrence Central is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Norwood-Norfolk: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. Lawrence Central blew Norwood-Norfolk out of the water with a 90-19 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 53-6.

Ayden Beach was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a triple-double on 34 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists. He is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 16 games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Jacob Evans, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine boards.

They weren't the only one working in the assists department: St. Lawrence Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 30 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-36, which was the final score in Edwards-Knox's tilt against Copenhagen back in December of 2024.

St. Lawrence Central's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Edwards-Knox, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Everything came up roses for St. Lawrence Central against Edwards-Knox in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as the team secured a 63-32 victory. In that contest, St. Lawrence Central amassed a halftime lead of 37-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.