Basketball Recap: Russell County Drops Highest Score of Season Against Columbus

Warriors

Team Score

12/10/24 vs Columbus	70
12/05/24 vs Valley	58
11/12/24 @ Shaw	56
11/07/24 @ Opelika	52
11/22/24 @ Smiths Station	51

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Russell County). They walked away with a 70-57 victory over the Columbus Blue Devils on Tuesday.

Russell County was led to victory by Mckenzie Word and Camyra Toney. Word posted 28 points and four steals, while Toney went 10 of 21 on her way to 25 points along with eight steals and six boards. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Word has scored at least a third of Russell County's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Khamani Herring-Proctor, who put up six points in addition to 14 rebounds and three steals.

Columbus lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jayla Lockhart, who went 5 of 6 on her way to 13 points and eight assists. Those eight assists gave Lockhart a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Harmony Franklin, who had nine points in addition to five boards and three steals.

The win got Russell County back to even at 6-6. As for Columbus, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-4.

Coincidentally, both will both be playing Northside the next time they take the court. Columbus will head out to face Northside at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, while Russell County will host them at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.