Raceland is 1-9 against Russell since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Raceland Rams will face off against the Russell Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. Raceland has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Raceland scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They blew past Fairview, posting a 104-67 win on the road. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Russell pushed their score all the way to 63 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 73-63 to Rowan County. Russell was down 60-38 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the loss, Russell saw an underclassman step up: Caleb Rimmer scored 21 points along with eight rebounds. Rimmer hasn't dropped below 16 points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Neel, who scored 13 points.
Raceland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-13 record this season. As for Russell, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-11.
Raceland couldn't quite finish off Russell in their previous matchup on February 3rd and fell 58-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Neel, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds. Now that Raceland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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