The Laurel Golden Tornadoes entered their tilt with the Stone Tomcats with 11 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 12. Laurel enjoyed a cozy 55-40 win over Stone on Wednesday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Laurel also won the last time the pair played last Friday.
Stone lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ray Dennis, who scored 11 points. Cleon Johnson was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Laurel is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 19-10 record this season. As for Stone, their loss dropped their record down to 19-7.
Laurel has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Wayne County at 8:30 p.m. on February 9th. Wayne County is coming into the game with ten straight wins on the road, meaning Laurel will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. Stone does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
