The Paintsville Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Leslie County Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on February 19th. Paintsville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past four games -- so hopefully Leslie County likes a good challenge.
Paintsville fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Raceland on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 74-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (59), Paintsville still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Leslie County was able to grind out a solid victory over Floyd Central on Monday, taking the game 60-50.
Paintsville's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-11. As for Leslie County, their victory bumped their record up to 14-11.
Paintsville came up short against Leslie County when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 64-54. Can Paintsville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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