Caverna is 1-9 against Larue County since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Caverna Colonels' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Larue County Hawks at 8:00 p.m. on February 27th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Caverna strolled past Metcalfe County with points to spare, taking the game 77-61. Given Caverna's advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while Metcalfe County is ranked 213th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Larue County entered their tilt with Pulaski County with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Larue County blew past Pulaski County 62-40. Larue County pushed the score to 52-29 by the end of the third, a deficit Pulaski County cut but never quite recovered from.
Larue County can attribute much of their success to Jagger Mardis, who scored 21 points, and Daniel Allen, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. Allen is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 21 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Seidl, who scored six points.
Caverna's victory bumped their record up to 17-10. As for Larue County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Caverna, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 63-47 loss to Larue County in their previous meeting on February 2nd. Can Caverna avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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