The Field Kindley Golden Tornado will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Labette County Grizzlies at 7:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Field Kindley's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Labette County has been banged up by eight consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Field Kindley earned a 56-45 win over Fort Scott. The victory was all the more spectacular given Field Kindley's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while Fort Scott is ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, Labette County ended up a good deal behind Pittsburg on Tuesday and lost 73-54.
Despite the loss, Labette County got a solid performance out of Hudson Baker, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 15 rebounds. That was a full 40.7% of Labette County's points, marking the tenth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Barrett Hestand, who scored 14 points.
Field Kindley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season. As for Labette County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-17.
Field Kindley didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Labette County in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 49-43 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Baker, who scored 18 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Field Kindley still be able to contain Baker? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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