Basketball Recap: Russell Find Success

Russell won against Lewis County on Friday with 62 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. The Russell Red Devils escaped with a win against the Huntington Expression Prep Kings by the margin of a single free throw, 62-61. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Red Devils' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 129th in Kentucky, while the Kings are ranked fifth in West Virginia).

Red Devils

Previous 2 Games

01/04/25 vs Huntington Expression Prep	62-61
01/03/25 vs Lewis County	62-37

The win made it two in a row for Russell and bumps their season record up to 5-7. As for Huntington Expression Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.

Russell wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 62-61 victory against Expression Prep Academy on the 4th. As for Huntington Expression Prep, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 94-87 loss against DME Academy on the 4th.