[david5164]

The game tonight at Russell between Ashland vs. Russell was an outstanding and close game. The final score was 47-45 with Robinson hitting the game winner with no time left on the clock. Russell jumped out to 30-19 halftime lead with Lakie Sanders leading the way with 12 points. Then Ashland came out to start the 3rd quarter and outscored Russell 20-4 to take a 39-34 lead heading into the 4th quarter. Russell came back and took the lead but Ashland and Robinson hit the game winner with no time left on the clock 47-45.

I would say at first of the season when Russell and Boyd County played to an overtime game with Boyd County winning 75-72, this game with Russell and Ashland going to the last shot for Ashland winning, and the Boyd County wins over Ashland during the regular season looks like a toss-up in the Regionals for the 16th Region to go to State. I thought West Carter was going to be a major player and that would be the 4th team in the regionals but Russell beat them by 30 in probably Russell's best game of the year and Boyd and Ashland both has beaten West Carter so it looks like the BIG 3 in the 16th regional and I will make a prediction that whichever the 2 teams in the 16th region Final will probably come down to a game winning shot at the buzzer. These 3 teams are so close and I will say the overall best team ball with 7-8 players contributing is Russell. They do have Darnell Madison that will put up 20-25 points but Ashland and Boyd both have players that will score 40 points on any given night. It will be an interesting 16th Regional and any of these 3 teams could make a run in the State Tournament.