Having just played yesterday, the St. Martinville Tigers will jump right back in to play the Southern Lab Kittens at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully St. Martinville focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
St. Martinville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy. St. Martinville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Loss or not, St. Martinville got some senior leadership from Skylar Frelix and Makharee Narcisse. Frelix went 7 for 10 en route to 17 points plus five rebounds and two steals, while Narcisse went 5 for 9 en route to 13 points plus two steals. The dominant performance also gave Frelix a new career-high in assists (three). Another player making a difference was Raytyrion Narcisse, who posted eight points along with three steals.
Even though they lost, St. Martinville was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Southern Lab put another one in the bag last Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Belaire 74-16. The matchup marked the Kittens' most dominant win of the season so far.
Southern Lab pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for St. Martinville, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
St. Martinville came up short against Southern Lab in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 53-43. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southern Lab's Bryson Chapman, who scored 20 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Now that St. Martinville 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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