Preview: Rocky River Ravens vs. Garinger Wildcats
Rocky River is on a three-game streak of home losses, Garinger a 22-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Rocky River Ravens will take on the Garinger Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rocky River pushed their score all the way to 62 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 87-62 walloping at the hands of Independence. Rocky River has not had much luck with Independence recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the loss, Rocky River got a solid performance out of Shamari Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Johnson has scored all season. Kamal Brantley was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Garinger had to suffer through a rough 66-27 loss at the hands of Providence.
Rocky River's defeat dropped their record down to 9-14. As for Garinger, their loss dropped their record down to 1-21.
Rocky River strolled past Garinger in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 60-44. Will Rocky River repeat their success, or does Garinger have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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