Basketball Game Preview: Laurens Academy Crusaders vs. King Academy Knights

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Previous Games

02/13/23 - Home	31-34 L
02/06/23 - Home	33-32 W
12/09/22 - Away	43-45 L
02/01/22 - Home	40-14 W
01/07/22 - Away	39-12 W
+ 5 more games

Laurens Academy has gone 8-2 against King Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Laurens Academy Crusaders will head out to take on the King Academy Knights at 6:15 p.m. Laurens Academy will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

Laurens Academy will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a two-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 28-point drubbing they dealt Ware Shoals on Saturday. Laurens Academy couldn't have asked for a better start to 2025 than the 47-19 blowout they got against Ware Shoals. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 22 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, King Academy unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a 40-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pelion back in December of 2024.

Laurens Academy's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for King Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.

Laurens Academy couldn't quite finish off King Academy in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 and fell 34-31. Can Laurens Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.