West Laurens is 2-8 against East Laurens since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the West Laurens Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the East Laurens Falcons at 5:30 p.m. West Laurens has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 211 points over their last three matches.
West Laurens will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a two-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 32-point drubbing they dealt Hephzibah on Friday. West Laurens breezed by Hephzibah to the tune of 70-38. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Raiders had established a 21 point advantage.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, East Laurens' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Dublin by a score of 57-55. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Falcons have suffered since February 16, 2024.
West Laurens is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for East Laurens, their loss dropped their record down to 12-3.
West Laurens couldn't quite finish off East Laurens in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 and fell 62-60. Can West Laurens avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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