After both having extra time off, the Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool Paladins and the Laurel HomeSchool Knight Hawks will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool sitting on four straight wins dating back to last season and Laurel HomeSchool on nine.
On December 14th, Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool escaped with a win against Muddy River HomeSchool by the margin of a single free throw, 38-37. That's two games straight that the Paladins have won by just one point.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Laurel HomeSchool). They really took it to Muddy River HomeSchool for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-15 victory. The Knight Hawks pushed the score to 60-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Counselors had no chance of recovering from.
Laurel HomeSchool pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38.5 points. As for Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in November, slipping by Laurel HomeSchool 34-33. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pontchartrain Christian HomeSchool 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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