The Kearny Komets are taking a road trip to square off against the Crawford Colts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Kearny is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Logan Memorial Education Campus: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Kearny blew Logan Memorial Education Campus out of the water with a 73-29 final score. The Komets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Crawford had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They walked away with a 60-47 win over the Tigers.
Crawford's win came from a few key players Kearny will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Yasir Abdurahman, who shot 4-for-7 from long range and dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rebounds. Keontae Lewis was another key player, going 6 of 11 on his way to 17 points.
Crawford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. As for Kearny, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-7.
Kearny came up short against Crawford in their previous matchup back in January, falling 66-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crawford's Mickelson Laguerre, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 11 boards. Now that Kearny 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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