After flying high against York on Friday, Lafayette came back down to earth. The Lafayette Rams took a hard 52-38 fall against the Hampton Crabbers on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Crabbers are ranked 23rd).
It was another big night for Abraham Taft, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 boards for Hampton. Taft's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Gavin Kay, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Lafayette's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-3. As for Hampton, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-2.
Lafayette will venture away from home to square off against Massaponax at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Lafayette is facing Massaponax at the right time seeing as Massaponax is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Hampton, they will finish 2024 at home by hosting Green Run at 6:00 p.m. on December 28th. Hampton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season.
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