The Flowers Jaguars are taking a road trip to take on the Laurel Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Flowers' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Flowers beat Suitland 69-63. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Rams are ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Flowers to victory, but perhaps none more so than Macaedan Schooler, who made all 5 shots he took for 12 points. Another player making a difference was Brandon Brooks, who posted 13 points in addition to seven boards and six assists.
Flowers smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Laurel came tearing into Monday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 65-54 win over the Falcons. The Spartans pushed the score to 54-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
Flowers' victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.3 points over those games. As for Laurel, their win bumped their record up to 15-2.
Flowers couldn't quite finish off Laurel when the teams last played last Monday and fell 79-77. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Laurel's Amadou Kaloga, who went 10 for 12 to rack up 26 points. Now that Flowers knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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