River Valley is 1-9 against Meigs since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The River Valley Raiders will host the Meigs Marauders at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Having struggled with 17 defeats in a row, River Valley turned things around against Wellston on Tuesday. They secured a 60-56 W over the Golden Rockets.
Gary Truance
| 02/04/25 @ Wellston | 24 |
| 01/31/25 vs Athens | 14 |
| 01/28/25 @ Nelsonville-York | 14 |
| 12/19/23 vs Nelsonville-York | 12 |
| 02/16/24 @ Meigs | 12 |
Gary Truance went supernova for River Valley, going 9 for 11 en route to 24 points and four steals. Those 24 points gave Truance a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Braden Bennett, who posted 12 points.
River Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Meigs had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 70-49 margin over the Spartans. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Spartans are ranked 695th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meigs' win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.6 points per game. As for River Valley, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-9 and their overall record up to 2-18.
River Valley took a serious blow against Meigs in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 84-31. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point River Valley was down 52-15.
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