The Monroe Golden Tornadoes are taking a road trip to square off against the Lee County Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Monroe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
Two weeks ago, Monroe ended up a good deal behind Sumter County and lost 73-59.
Despite the defeat, Monroe got top-tier performance from James Adams, who had 12 points plus six blocks and five rebounds. Lamond Seadrow was another key player, scoring 13 points.
Meanwhile, Lee County's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Wednesday. They fell 83-76 to Tri-Cities. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (61), the Trojans still had to take the loss.
Lee County might have lost, but man, Matthew Hardwick was a machine: he almost dropped a double-double on 29 points and nine rebounds. Hardwick is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kameron Sanders, who went 5 for 11 en route to 15 points plus five rebounds and three blocks.
Monroe's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Lee County, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Monroe couldn't quite finish off Lee County in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 and fell 58-56. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lee County's Braden Moore, who made all 8 shots he took racking up 20 points plus seven assists. Now that Monroe knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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