Chilton County is 0-5 against Benjamin Russell since February of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Chilton County Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Benjamin Russell Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up ten more assists than your opponent, a fact Chilton County proved on Tuesday. They snuck past Marbury with a 64-59 win.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Justin Godwin and DJ Graham. Godwin had a solid game and scored ten points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Meanwhile, Graham did his best for the losing side, scoring 13 points along with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Russell had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They blew past Chilton County 65-38 on the road. Given Benjamin Russell's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while Chilton County is ranked 295th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chilton County has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-14 record this season. As for Benjamin Russell, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2.
Chilton County was taken down by Benjamin Russell 65-38 in their previous meeting on Thursday. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Chilton County was down 45-14.
