The Laurel Golden Tornadoes will head out to square off against the Canton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Laurel humbled Heidelberg with a 79-50 victory. The Golden Tornadoes pushed the score to 56-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Oilers had little chance of recovering from.
Gracelyn Carmichael
| 11/04/25 vs Heidelberg | 35 |
| 12/07/24 vs Spanish Fort | 22 |
| 02/21/25 vs North Pike | 21 |
| 12/20/24 @ Bay Springs | 20 |
| 01/29/25 vs East Central | 16 |
Gracelyn Carmichael had an outrageously good game as she went 6-for-9 from beyond the arc to rack up 35 points in addition to six boards and three steals. Those 35 points gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kayllis Walker, who shot 57% from the field on her way to 16 points along with six rebounds and four steals.
Meanwhile, Canton took care of business in their home opener (and then some) on Tuesday. They blew past Yazoo County 60-10. The Tigers have beaten the Panthers the last nine times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Panthers has come to flipping the script.
Laurel better keep an eye on Shamira Morton. She was instrumental in Canton's win, dropping a double-double with 22 points and ten boards. Morton's big performance that evening made it ten games in a row in which she has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aerionna Wallace, who went 5-for-7 en route to 11 points.
Laurel couldn't quite finish off Canton when the teams last played back in February and fell 42-40. Can the Golden Tornadoes avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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