After flying high against Jenkins last Thursday, Knott County Central came back down to earth. The Knott County Central Patriots took a 50-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Russell Red Devils. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Red Devils are ranked 31st).
Gabby Oborne was her usual excellent self, putting up 18 points for Russell. That makes it three consecutive games in which Oborne has scored at least a third of Russell's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Sharp, who posted ten points.
Knott County Central's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Russell, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-3.
Knott County Central will take on Perry County Central at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Russell, they will challenge Lewis County at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Russell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.1 points per game this season.
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