The Laurel Hill Hoboes will take on the Navarre Raiders in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Laurel Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season.
Last Monday, Laurel Hill was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 59-55 to Rocky Bayou Christian. The Hoboes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Laurel Hill might have lost, but man, Aiyana Dixon was a machine: she posted 32 points. That was a full 58.2% of Laurel Hill's points, marking the third time in a row she's scored more than a third of the team's points. Savannah Riley was another key player, putting up 14 points.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Navarre on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Tate with a sharp 48-23 win. The Raiders pushed the score to 39-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Aggies had little chance of recovering from.
The victory made it two in a row for Navarre and bumps their season record up to 5-6. As for Laurel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Laurel Hill beat Navarre 56-45 when the teams last played back in November. The rematch might be a little tougher for Laurel Hill since the team 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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