The Stone Mountain Pirates will head out to square off against the Luella Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Stone Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. The match between them and Chamblee didn't end well, with Stone Mountain falling 82-67. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Luella's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They fell 54-45 to Cedar Grove. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Saints are ranked tenth).
Stone Mountain will have to contain Jordan Smith as he made an impact in Luella's last game. He went 9 of 15 en route to 18 points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Kevin Exi, who posted ten points and three steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Luella fell to 5-1. As for Stone Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
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