Larue County is 9-1 against Caverna since January of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Larue County Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Caverna Colonels at 8:00 p.m. One thing working in Larue County's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
On Friday, everything went Larue County's way against Pulaski County as Larue County made off with a 62-40 victory. 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 relied on the efforts of Jagger Mardis, who scored 21 points, and Daniel Allen, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. Allen hasn't dropped below 21 points for three straight games. Ayden Seidl was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Meanwhile, even though Metcalfe County scored an imposing 61 points on Thursday, Caverna still came out on top. 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.
Larue County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Caverna, their win bumped their record up to 17-10.
Larue County strolled past Caverna when the teams last played on February 2nd by a score of 63-47. Does Larue County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Caverna turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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