The Martins Ferry Purple Riders (Martins Ferry, OH) basketball crushed the host St. Clairsville Red Devils (St. Clairsville, OH), 62-20 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Purple Riders now possess a 10-5 record. They play next when they host Monroe Central for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Martins Ferry will play a Seminoles team coming off a 47-39 non-league loss to Union Local (Belmont, OH). The Seminoles record now stands at 11-7.

With the loss, St. Clairsville falls to 0-14 on the campaign. The Red devils travel to Edison (Richmond, OH) to play the Wildcats in a non-league bout on Monday, January 27. The Wildcats go into the bout with a record of 13-4. Edison won 64-30 in their recent non-league bout against Brooke (Wellsburg, WV)