Laney has won three straight games at home, while New Hanover has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Laney Buccaneers will host the New Hanover Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Laney knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully New Hanover likes a good challenge.
Laney is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Topsail 85-47 on Wednesday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-21.
Meanwhile, New Hanover didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Hoggard on Wednesday, but they still walked away with a 57-52 victory. The 57-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Laney is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for New Hanover, their win bumped their record up to 18-2.
Things could have been worse for Laney, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 63-49 loss to New Hanover when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Hanover's Rodmik Allen, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 23 points and seven rebounds. Now that Laney knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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