The Louisburg Warriors will head out on the road to take on the Southern Durham Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Louisburg 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 275th, while Southern Durham is ranked 48th).
Last Tuesday, Louisburg came up short against South Granville and fell 47-35.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Luke Sheldon, who scored nine points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakobe Edgerton, who scored ten points along with five assists.
Meanwhile, Southern Durham came tearing into Friday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 92-62 victory over South Granville at home. Southern Durham has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 23 points or more this season.
Louisburg's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Southern Durham, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Louisburg was taken down by Southern Durham 76-48 in their previous meeting last Monday. Can Louisburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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