Preview: Pulaski County Maroons vs. Larue County Hawks
The Pulaski County Maroons will head out on the road to challenge the Larue County Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, Pulaski County was able to grind out a solid victory over Russell County, taking the game 68-57. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pulaski County.
Meanwhile, Larue County had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.4 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Iroquois 76-37 on the road. Given Larue County's advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while Iroquois is ranked 236th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Larue County can attribute much of their success to Jagger Mardis, who scored 15 points along with five assists and two steals, and Daniel Allen, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds. Mardis hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Miller, who scored ten points.
Pulaski County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Larue County, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-8.
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