Basketball Preview: Lawrence County Red Devils vs. East Lawrence Eagles
Lawrence County is 9-1 against East Lawrence since November of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lawrence County Red Devils will take on the East Lawrence Eagles at 5:45 p.m. Hopefully Lawrence County focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 22 on Tuesday.
Lawrence County is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Florence on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lawrence County was dealt a 70-25 defeat at the hands of Florence. Having soared to a lofty 68 points in the game before, the Red Devils couldn't push the score so high this time.
They got a good chunk of their points from the dynamic duo of
Alivia Terry and
Lara Anne Norwood, who each put up seven points.
Alivia Templeton held things down on the boards with eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, East Lawrence came up short against Colbert County on Tuesday and fell 58-50.
Lawrence County now has a losing record at 1-2. As for East Lawrence, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Lawrence County ended up a good deal behind East Lawrence when the teams last played back in December of 2023, losing 52-37. Can Lawrence County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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