Topsail is 1-9 against Laney since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Topsail Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Laney Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. Topsail will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 386th, while Laney is ranked 43rd).
Topsail pushed their score all the way to 64 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 81-64 bruising from Ashley.
North Brunswick typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Laney proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 56-47 win over the Scorpions. The win was just what Laney needed coming off of a 67-41 defeat in their prior game.
It was another big night for Hezron Driver, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Joshua Helms, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds.
Topsail has not been sharp recently as the team has lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-16 record this season. As for Laney, their victory bumped their record up to 19-3.
Topsail might still be hurting after the 64-41 loss they got from Laney in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Driver, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Topsail knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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