Basketball Recap: Preston Sets Scoring Season-High Against Philip Barbour

Knights

Team Score

01/30/25 @ Philip Barbour	78
12/12/24 @ Lewis County	63
01/28/25 vs Robert C. Byrd	59
01/14/25 @ Grafton	59
12/27/24 vs Spring Valley	57

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Preston). They put the hurt on the Philip Barbour Colts with a sharp 78-56 win on Thursday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Knights also won the last time the pair played back in January of 2024.

Easton Hayes continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 24 points and nine boards. Tristian Smith was another key player, going 6 for 8 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds.

Preston was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Preston's record is now 7-4. As for Philip Barbour, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-9.

Preston will face off against Fairmont Senior at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Philip Barbour has already played their next contest (against Petersburg), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.