An exciting East v. West battle is about to be fought. The East Lawrence Eagles and the West Morgan Rebels will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played.
East Lawrence is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Good Hope just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 67-54 to the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Raiders are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, West Morgan didn't have too much trouble with Brewer on Thursday as they won 59-42. The Rebels pushed the score to 48-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots cut but never quite recovered from.
West Morgan's victory bumped their record up to 9-7. As for East Lawrence, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-5.
East Lawrence was able to grind out a solid win over West Morgan when the teams last played back in December of 2024, winning 55-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Lawrence 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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