The Lafayette County Huskers will take on the Sparta Trojans in a holiday battle at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday at. Lafayette County is looking to tack on another W to their 13-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Even though Marshall scored an imposing 56 points on Monday, Lafayette County still came out on top. Lafayette County took their matchup against Marshall 65-56. Given Lafayette County's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Marshall is ranked 392nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Sparta put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Forsyth with a 42-36 win. Despite the win, that was the fewest points Sparta has scored all year.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sparta to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Lafferty, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 17 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Lafferty has scored at least 25% of Sparta's points. Another player making a difference was Leeanthoney Mayes, who scored 14 points.
Lafayette County's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Sparta, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
