River Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 85-63 to the Unioto Shermans. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 724th, while the Shermans are ranked 153rd).

Landon Burns
12/30/24 @ Unioto | 10 |
12/17/24 vs Wellston | 8 |
12/28/24 vs Oak Hill | 8 |
12/03/24 @ Southern | 8 |
02/02/24 vs Wellston | 7 |
Despite the loss, River Valley still got an impressive performance from Landon Burns, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Burns a new career-high in rebounds. Gary Truance was another key player, going 5 of 11 on his way to 11 points and five rebounds.
River Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Unioto, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 8-2.
River Valley will host Eastern at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Unioto, they will venture away from home to square off against Piketon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Unioto has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 213 points over their last three matches.
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