The Danville Admirals are taking a road trip to square off against the South Laurel Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Danville lost to West Jessamine at home by a 51-34 margin. While losing is never fun, the Admirals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Colts are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, South Laurel strolled past Russell County with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 56-41. The Cardinals pushed the score to 48-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lakers cut but never quite recovered from.
South Laurel has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points over those games. As for Danville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-17.
Danville was able to grind out a solid win over South Laurel when the teams last played back in February of 2023, winning 77-70. The rematch might be a little tougher for Danville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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