Lincoln County hasn't had much luck against Ripley recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Lincoln County Panthers will challenge the Ripley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lincoln County is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Friday. They lost 83-57 to Wayne. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Pioneers are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Ripley was just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 53-52 to Wayne. While the Vikings didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Pioneers 21-16 in the first quarter.
Lincoln County will need to focus on slowing down Kyler Doss, one of several Ripley players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Mcvay, who put up seven points and seven rebounds.
Lincoln County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Ripley, their loss dropped their record down to 13-5.
Lincoln County suffered a grim 55-35 defeat to Ripley when the teams last played back in January. Can Lincoln County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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