Even though the Russell Red Devils scored an imposing 63 points on Thursday, the Rowan County Vikings still came out on top. Rowan County walked away with a 73-63 victory over Russell. Rowan County pushed the score to 60-38 by the end of the third, a deficit Russell cut but never quite recovered from.
Despite the defeat, Russell saw an underclassman step up: Caleb Rimmer scored 21 points along with eight rebounds. Rimmer has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Elijah Neel, who scored 13 points.
Rowan County is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-10 record this season. As for Russell, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-11.
Rowan County will take on Menifee County at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Menifee County is coming into the contest with three straight wins on the road, so Rowan County will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Russell, they will face off against Raceland at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Raceland has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
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