Russellville is on a four-game streak of home losses, Todd County Central a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Russellville Panthers will take on the Todd County Central Rebels at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Russellville pushed their score all the way to 55 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 68-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Franklin-Simpson. While losing is never fun, Russellville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 248th, while Franklin-Simpson is ranked 115th).
Meanwhile, Todd County Central also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to McCracken County by a score of 60-47.
Todd County Central's defeat came about despite a quality game from Jamison Glass, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds and two blocks. That was a full 44.7% of Todd County Central's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Hayden Strader was another key contributor, scoring eight points.
Todd County Central struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Russellville has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 12 of their last 13 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-20 record this season. As for Todd County Central, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Russellville came up short against Todd County Central in their previous matchup back in January, falling 61-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Glass, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Russellville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
