Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Floyd Central). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 72-70 victory over the Richmond Red Devils on Saturday. For the Highlanders, this counts as revenge for the 75-61 win the Red Devils walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2023.
Floyd Central was led to victory by Landon Reed and Sam Higgins. Reed went 8 for 17 en route to 22 points, while Higgins went 8 for 15 en route to 18 points. Reed's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Kaiser, who went 6 for 9 en route to 14 points plus seven rebounds.
Floyd Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Floyd Central and bumps their season record up to 2-2. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Floyd Central will head out on the road to take on New Albany at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Floyd Central has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Richmond has already played their next game (against Floyd Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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