A well-balanced attack led Battle Creek over Laurel-Concord-Coleridge in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Battle Creek Braves blew the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears out of the water with an 80-30 final score. With the Braves ahead 41-16 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Despite the defeat, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge had strong showings from Eli Haisch, who posted nine points, and Caleb Erwin, who put up four points. Paxton Hoeppner also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.
Battle Creek has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-10 record this season.
Battle Creek will head out to challenge Pierce at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday. Battle Creek is facing Pierce at the right time seeing as Pierce is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Lutheran-Northeast at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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