Basketball Game Preview: Scotland Fighting Scots vs. Richmond Raiders

Scotland is 1-9 against Richmond since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Scotland Fighting Scots will venture away from home to take on the Richmond Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Scotland will head into Tuesday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 23-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lee County 51-49. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Fighting Scots as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.

Meanwhile, Richmond came tearing into last Tuesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down the Vikings 66-48.

Scotland better keep an eye on Terande Spencer. He was instrumental in Richmond's win, going 8 of 15 on his way to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Hamilton, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 12 points.

The win got Richmond back to even at 7-7. As for Scotland, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 3-9.

Scotland was taken down by Richmond 104-66 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Scotland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.