The Laurel HomeSchool Knight Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Copiah Academy Colonels at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Laurel HomeSchool knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Copiah Academy likes a good challenge.
Laurel HomeSchool is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Good Samaritan HomeSchool just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 59-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hornets.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Copiah Academy). They put the hurt on St. Aloysius with a sharp 84-60 victory on Friday. Given the Colonels' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Flashes are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Copiah Academy has also been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.9 points per game. As for Laurel HomeSchool, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-11.
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