The Lafayette Hornets will take on the Hamilton County Trojans on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lafayette is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 63 points on Thursday, they were much more limited against Chiefland on Friday. They came up short against the Indians, falling 46-26. The game marked the Hornets' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hamilton County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a blow against Union County, falling 76-41. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 711th, while the Fightin' Tigers are ranked 307th).
Hamilton County's loss dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Lafayette, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Lafayette came out on top in a nail-biter against Hamilton County in their previous meeting on Thursday, sneaking past 63-61. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lafayette since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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