Lawrence County entered their matchup against St. Joseph Catholic on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Lawrence County Cougars received a blow as they fell 71-53 to the St. Joseph Catholic Bruins. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Bruins are ranked 18th).
Lawrence County's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5. As for St. Joseph Catholic, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-1.
Lawrence County will be taking part in a tournament against Richland at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Lawrence County is facing Richland at the right time seeing as Richland is stuck on a three-game losing streak. St. Joseph Catholic and Simpson Academy will round out the year against one another at at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. One thing working in St. Joseph Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three contests.
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