On Friday, LaFayette was the victim of a tough 72-46 defeat at the hands of Springville. LaFayette has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Defeat or not, LaFayette got some senior leadership from Deaundra Vines who scored 16 points along with five assists and four steals and Branaviyun Story who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three blocks. Vines scored a full 34.8% of LaFayette's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Key'lun Powell, who scored no points along with six rebounds.
LaFayette's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Springville, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 13-6.
LaFayette will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Tallassee at 4:30 p.m. Tallassee will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 301st, while LaFayette is ranked 150th). Springville and Geraldine will face off at 7:00 p.m. on January 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Geraldine is on a three-game streak of home wins, Springville a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
