The Lawrenceburg Tigers came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 57-45 win over Oldenburg Academy. Given Lawrenceburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Oldenburg Academy is ranked 291st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Lawrenceburg to victory were Ben Cornett and Noah Knigga. Cornett scored ten points along with seven assists and three blocks, while Knigga scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jp Izzo, who scored seven points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Lawrenceburg is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Oldenburg Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Lawrenceburg will square off against Greensburg at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Oldenburg Academy, they will take on Morristown at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Morristown focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Tuesday.
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