Maryland High School Basketball - Atholton topples River Hill
January 12, 2022: Columbia, MD 21044 In Wednesday's league outing, the Atholton Raiders (Columbia, MD) basketball squad beat the visiting River Hill Hawks (Clarksville, MD), by a margin of 55-42.
The Raiders (4-0) will now prepare for their outing against Long Reach (Columbia, MD). The Lightning go into the Howard County outing with a 2-1 record. In their last outing, Long Reach defeated Hammond (Columbia, MD), 57-35, in a league outing.
The Hawks now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Howard for a Howard County outing on Friday, January 14. River Hill will clash with a Lions squad coming off a 60-56 league loss to Glenelg (Glenelg, MD). The Lions record now stands at 1-2.
First Quarter
The Raiders went down 2-10 early before rallying to cut the deficit to one point at the quarter.
Second Quarter
The Raiders blitzed the Hawks 25-3 in the second quarter to lead 34-13 at the half.
Third Quarter
The Hawks cut six points off of the lead in the 3rd quarter.