Lafayette basketball has been on the grind lately, having played three huge games against great teams in the last 10 days. They played Scott County, Dunbar, and Henry Clay. Those teams combined are 41-22.

Lafayette traveled to Scott County to challenge the highly talented Cardinals. They hung in there, and went blow for blow with the top-ranked team in the region, but sadly, came up just shy of a win. Losing 75-68. Cameron King led scoring with 18 points, and Ray Surratt added 10 points and 9 rebounds. The Cardinals were led by Cooper Robb with 28 points, and Michael Moreno had 19 points and 12 rebounds.

The next two games went better than the Scott County game, as they won two close games by a combined 9 points against Henry Clay and Dunbar. Evan Dreux had a combined 31 points in both games and Eric Powell added a combined 11 rebounds.

Lafayette has it’s first home of 2018 on Tuesday, January 30th. Yes you read that right, first home game of 2018, 30 days into the year! Furthermore Lafayette takes on 15-6 Lexington Catholic. Lexington Catholic and Lafayette already played once this year, with Lafayette winning 74-58 at Catholic. The last time they met, Eric Powell led the team with 21 points and 7 rebounds. Ben Johnson led Catholic with 21 points.

Come out to Lafayette on Tuesday and support your Generals!