The Laurens Raiders will face off against the Chesnee Eagles at 12:30 p.m. on Monday. Laurens knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight games -- so hopefully Chesnee likes a good challenge.
On Saturday, Laurens needed a bit of extra time to put away White Knoll. They managed a 67-63 victory over the Timberwolves. 67 seems to be a good number for the Raiders as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Chesnee waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Red Devils with a sharp 72-52 victory. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 20 points or more this season.
Laurens better focus on containing Elijah Brown and Ben Reese as the pair were huge in Chesnee's win. Brown went 10 of 15 en route to 30 points and six rebounds, while Reese went 6 for 12 on his way to 21 points. The game was Brown's fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylon Blanton, who went 5 of 7 en route to 12 points.
Laurens has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.6 points per game. As for Chesnee, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
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