Basketball Recap: Russia's Win on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Five

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

11/26/24 vs Fairlawn	34
12/19/24 @ Houston	32
12/28/24 vs Botkins	31
01/07/25 @ Fairlawn	28
02/01/25 @ Botkins	24
01/27/25 @ New Knoxville	21

Russia won against New Knoxville last Monday with 45 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. The Russia Raiders blew past the Botkins Trojans 45-21. The Raiders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 21 points or more this season.

The victory (which was Russia's fifth in a row) raised their record to 12-7. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.0 points per game. As for Botkins, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season.

Russia has already played their next game (against Marion Local), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Botkins is taking a road trip to take on New Bremen at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Botkins is facing New Bremen at the right time seeing as New Bremen is stuck on a 12-game losing streak.