Recap: Massac County Patriots vs. Murphysboro Red Devils
After a string of five wins, the Massac County Patriots's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 62-53 to Murphysboro. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Massac County of the 70-58 defeat they experienced in the two teams' previous head-to-head fixture back in December of 2023.
Will Harmon and Jack Turner certainly did their best on Friday to try and avoid the loss. Harmon scored 18 points, while Turner scored 14 points. Harmon has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played.
Massac County's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Murphysboro, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-8.
Massac County won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Cairo at 2:00 p.m. on January 27th. Cairo will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 617th, while Massac County is ranked 121st). As for Murphysboro, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Eldorado at 7:00 p.m. Eldorado is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.
