Sissonville was the 70-65 winner over Ripley when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Sissonville Indians fell 59-52 to the Ripley Vikings on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Vikings are ranked 18th).
Despite the loss, Sissonville still got an impressive performance from Luke Michael, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten boards. Another player making a difference was Noah Evans, who posted ten points.
Blake Justice was his usual excellent self, going 8 of 10 en route to 21 points for Ripley. Justice has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Parker Smith was another key player, putting up ten points.
Sissonville is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8. As for Ripley, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 8-2.
Sissonville didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 83-53 victory against Lincoln County on the 22nd. As for Ripley, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 79-36 win against Brooke on the 25th.
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