On Tuesday, everything came up roses for the Salem Spartans against the Amherst County Lancers as the squad secured a 72-28 victory. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Lancers are ranked 355th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Amherst County's loss came despite strong showings from Devonte Wade and Holt Bresach. Wade posted six points, while Bresach put up eight points.
Spartans
| 01/21/25 @ Amherst County | 72-28 |
| 01/14/25 @ Patrick Henry | 54-47 |
| 01/03/25 @ Lord Botetourt | 79-65 |
| 12/20/24 @ Cave Spring | 65-47 |
| 12/18/24 @ Radford | 41-40 |
| 12/13/24 @ William Byrd | 52-40 |
Salem pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Amherst County, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-12.
Salem has already played their next match (against Cave Spring), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Amherst County has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Altavista.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
