The New Hope Trojans won the last time they faced the Lafayette Commodores, and things went their way on Friday too. New Hope managed a 44-39 win over Lafayette.
Despite the loss, Lafayette still got an impressive performance from Madison Smith, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
New Hope has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Lafayette, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-12.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. New Hope is on the road again on Friday and plays Canton at 6:00 p.m. on February 16th. New Hope will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings (they are ranked 64th, while Canton is ranked 20th). As for Lafayette, they will head out on the road to square off against Holmes County Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Holmes County Central is coming into the contest with ten straight victories at home, so Lafayette is out to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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