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The George Washington (Charleston, WV) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Riverside (Belle, WV) by a score of 79-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Riverside	10	15	10	4	39
George Washington	13	22	18	26	79

Final score provided by B. Mallory.

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Game Stats

Riverside (25-26)

Riverside

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	39	15
1	Sophia Bare (Sr)	6	3
2	Anna Roop (Jr)	5	1
3	Kiauna Banks (Sr)	2	1
12	Hayleigh Newman (So)	2	1
22	Ava Ward (Jr)	10	4
23	Katie Johnson (Jr)	5	2
32	Jada Ward (So)	9	3

Riverside

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	39	1	8	14	57	14
1	Sophia Bare (Sr)	6					3
2	Anna Roop (Jr)	5	1	2	2	100
3	Kiauna Banks (Sr)	2		0	2	0	1
12	Hayleigh Newman (So)	2					1
22	Ava Ward (Jr)	10		2	5	40	4
23	Katie Johnson (Jr)	5		1	1	100	2
32	Jada Ward (So)	9		3	4	75	3

Riverside

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO
	Team Totals	39	33	9	8	23
1	Sophia Bare (Sr)	6	2	4	1	5
2	Anna Roop (Jr)	5	1	3	2	4
3	Kiauna Banks (Sr)	2	1			5
4	Sarah Barley (Jr)		1			2
12	Hayleigh Newman (So)	2	1	1		1
22	Ava Ward (Jr)	10	8		3	1
23	Katie Johnson (Jr)	5	2		1	1
32	Jada Ward (So)	9	16	1	1	4
44	Laynie Wills (Fr)		1

Riverside

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.39	0.35
1	Sophia Bare (Sr)	0.80	0.20
2	Anna Roop (Jr)	0.75	0.50
12	Hayleigh Newman (So)	1.00
22	Ava Ward (Jr)		3.00
23	Katie Johnson (Jr)		1.00
32	Jada Ward (So)	0.25	0.25

George Washington (25-26)

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Game Story

West Virginia High School Basketball - Riverside crushed by George Washington

January 15, 2026: Charleston, WV 25314

The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the George Washington Patriots (Charleston, WV) and the visiting Riverside Warriors (Belle, WV), observed George Washington's basketball team overwhelm Riverside by a score of 79-39.

The Patriots (13-0) will now prepare for their battle against Capital (Charleston, WV). The Cougars enter the Mountain State battle with a 2-8 record. In their last battle, Capital was crushed by Huntington (Huntington, WV), 54-33, in a league battle.

The Warriors now own a 6-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Cabell Midland for a Mountain State battle on Tuesday, January 20. Riverside will meet a Knights squad coming off a 65-55 league loss to Parkersburg (Parkersburg, WV). The Knights record now stands at 5-3.

Players of the Game

Riverside (25-26)

Congratulations to #32 Jada Ward for being selected the Riverside Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

George Washington (25-26)

George Washington has not selected any Players of the Game.

Riverside @ GWHS Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 15, 2026 @ 7p

NO JV

The George Washington (Charleston, WV) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Riverside (Belle, WV) by a score of 79-39.

Rankings & Records

Riverside (25-26)

WV	Class
47	14

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-12	1-9	4-4	1-5	2-3	.368	.100	850	1,048

George Washington (25-26)

WV	Class
1	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-0	8-0	5-0	6-0	5-0	1.000	1.000	1,079	739

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Riverside	10.0	11.4	11.7	11.8	11.0	44.7
George Washington	17.3	18.4	19.3	16.6	-	67.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Riverside		George Washington
44.6	Points Per Game	-
29.1	Rebounds Per Game	-
9.3	Assists Per Game	-
11.1	Steals Per Game	-
2.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Riverside		George Washington	National Avg.
#22 Ava Ward15.9	Points Per Game	-	4.1
#22 Ava Ward10.3	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.8
#1 Sophia Bare3.1	Assists Per Game	-	0.9
#2 Anna Roop2.5	Steals Per Game	-	1.1
#22 Ava Ward1.0	Blocks Per Game	-	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Riverside	2-8		George Washington	8-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/25	Riverside	Hurricane	(L) 68-32	12/17/25	George Washington	Hurricane	(W) 78-58
12/19/25	Woodrow Wilson	Riverside	(L) 62-37	TBA	Woodrow Wilson	George Washington
				12/29/25	George Washington	Woodrow Wilson	(W) 52-39
12/27/25	Oak Hill	Riverside	(W) 41-38	2/7/26	Oak Hill	George Washington
1/20/26	Riverside	Cabell Midland	(L) 69-48	12/10/25	Cabell Midland	George Washington	(W) 100-51
1/22/26	Riverside	Huntington	(L) 72-58	1/5/26	George Washington	Huntington	(W) 61-52
				2/11/26	Huntington	George Washington
1/23/26	Riverside	Capital	(L) 42-40	1/16/26	George Washington	Capital	(W) 72-48
1/31/26	Parkersburg	Riverside	(L) 84-40	2/13/26	George Washington	Parkersburg
2/3/26	Spring Valley	Riverside	(L) 84-50	1/12/26	George Washington	Spring Valley	(W) 61-59
2/5/26	Parkersburg South	Riverside	(L) 63-39	1/20/26	Parkersburg South	George Washington	(W) 65-45
2/7/26	St. Albans	Riverside	(W) 47-40	1/22/26	George Washington	St. Albans	(W) 69-54

Record Breakdown

Riverside (25-26)		George Washington (25-26)
7-12	Overall	16-0
1-9	League	8-0
4-3	Non-League	4-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-8	Common Opponent	8-0
4-4	Home	5-0
1-5	Away	6-0
2-3	Neutral	5-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-12	In-State	13-0
0-0	Out-of-State	3-0