If the North Brunswick Scorpions were feeling good off their 76-49 takedown of the West Brunswick Trojans last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. North Brunswick took a 56-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Laney on Tuesday. North Brunswick has not had much luck with Laney recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Several Scorpions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Terry Hood, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Malakhi Daniels, who scored 14 points.
Hezron Driver continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Laney, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Joshua Helms was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with six rebounds.
North Brunswick's loss dropped their record down to 17-6. As for Laney, their win bumped their record up to 19-3.
North Brunswick will head out on the road to face off against Ashley at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ashley has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 207 points over their last three games. As for Laney, they will be playing at home against Topsail at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Topsail will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 386th, while Laney is ranked 43rd).
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