The West Feliciana Saints are taking a road trip to take on the Belaire Bengals at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for West Feliciana and 11 for Belaire.
Last Tuesday, West Feliciana was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to Broadmoor.
Travis Lathers put forth a good effort for the losing side as he posted 17 points. Another player making a difference was Dashard White, who earned nine points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-16, which was the final score in Belaire's tilt against Plaquemine on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bengals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Green Devils are ranked 111th).
Belaire's loss dropped their record down to 7-17. As for West Feliciana, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.
West Feliciana didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Belaire when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 68-63 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Feliciana since the team 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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