The Laurel Spartans will head out on the road to take on the River Hill Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Laurel is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Thursday, Laurel came up short against Eleanor Roosevelt and fell 61-50. Laurel was down 51-29 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the defeat, Laurel had strong showings from Jermaine Taylor, who scored 13 points along with two steals, and Christian Brown, who scored 14 points. Taylor is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 11 games he's played. Kaiden Turner was another key contributor, scoring five points along with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, River Hill unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 57-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Centennial. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as River Hill came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while Centennial is ranked 97th).
River Hill might have lost, but man, Braden Sauritch was a machine: he scored 14 points along with six rebounds and five assists. Sauritch is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Soma Unegbu, who scored eight points along with nine rebounds.
Laurel has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-9 record this season. As for River Hill, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-3.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as both teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Laurel hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 57.6 points per game. However, it's not like River Hill struggles in that department as they've been averaging 73.2 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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