After flying high against the Meadowbrook Colts last Friday, the Zanesville Blue Devils came back down to earth. Zanesville suffered a rough 79-59 loss at the hands of East Liverpool on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Zanesville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 454th, while East Liverpool is ranked 154th).
Despite the loss, Zanesville still got an impressive performance from Rashaud Hampton, who scored 25 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hampton has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Doyle, who scored ten points along with four steals.
Zanesville dropped their record down to 7-16 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for East Liverpool, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-6.
Zanesville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Liverpool, they will take on John Glenn at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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