The St. Albans Red Dragons will take on the Lincoln Cougars at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Albans is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Hurricane, who was ranked 13th at the time (St. Albans was ranked 16th). St. Albans fell 58-45 to Hurricane on Wednesday. The game marked the Red Dragons' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Defeat or not, St. Albans got some senior leadership from Samyah Riggan and Jaycee Elzy. Riggan posted 22 points in addition to eight boards and four steals, while Elzy dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 40% of St. Albans' points, marking the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Triniti Austin-Russell, who had two points along with six boards and three steals.
Even though they lost, St. Albans smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Lincoln lost 69-48 to Musselman on Friday.
Lincoln has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.5 points per game. As for St. Albans, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 5-2.
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