Basketball Recap: Laurens' Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

If Laurens was feeling good fresh off their 70-49 takedown of Southside last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The contest between the Laurens Raiders and the Wren Hurricanes didn't end well, with the Laurens Raiders falling 76-59. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Hurricanes are ranked ninth).

Raiders

Previous 5 Games

01/09/25 @ Wren	59-76
01/07/25 vs Southside	70-49
01/04/25 vs Mauldin	57-44
12/28/24 vs Blue Ridge	57-40
12/27/24 vs Westside	52-54

With the loss, Laurens broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-5. As for Wren, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-3.

Laurens will take on Westside at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Laurens knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Westside likes a good challenge. As for Wren, they will square off against Powdersville at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.