The Calloway County Lakers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Graves County Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on March 8th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Calloway County gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. They claimed a resounding 77-44 victory over Fulton County on the road. Calloway County pushed the score to 62-34 by the end of the third, a deficit Fulton County had little chance of recovering from.
Calloway County got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sayler Lowe out in front who scored 24 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Lowe hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. Madison Futrell was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 11 assists.
Meanwhile, Graves County came tearing into back in February's matchup with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down Muhlenberg County 64-46. Given Graves County's advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Muhlenberg County is ranked 163rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Calloway County is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-6 record this season. As for Graves County, they pushed their record up to 19-9 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Calloway County couldn't quite finish off Graves County in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 and fell 45-42. Can Calloway County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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