The Mandarin Mustangs will be taking part in a tournament against the Laurens Raiders at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Mandarin is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Auburndale just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 55-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bloodhounds. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Laurens had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They secured a 59-54 W over the Eagles. 59 seems to be a good number for the Raiders as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Mandarin better focus on containing Tyj Narrius Jones and DJ Dondrevious Martin as the pair were huge in Laurens' win. Jones went 7 of 17 en route to 24 points along with six boards and three steals, while Martin went 5 of 7 on his way to 15 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. With that strong performance, Martin is now averaging an impressive 2.1 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of William Thompson, who posted six points in addition to 11 boards and three steals.
Laurens' win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Mandarin, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 10-1.
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