The Southwestern Warriors lost against the North Laurel Jaguars back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Southwestern was beaten by North Laurel 75-46. While losing is never fun, Southwestern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while North Laurel is ranked fifth).
Despite the loss, Southwestern still got an impressive performance from Payton Acey, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelyn Dye, who scored seven points along with six assists.
Southwestern has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 16-9 record this season. As for North Laurel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Southwestern will challenge Knox Central at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Southwestern focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Tuesday. North Laurel is on the road again on Saturday and plays Mercer County at 7:30 p.m. on February 17th. Mercer County is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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