Basketball Preview: Riverside Pirates vs. Columbia Bruins
The Riverside Pirates will face off against the Columbia Bruins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Riverside focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 47 on Wednesday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Columbia is headed out to face a Pirates squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Riverside took a 44-28 bruising from College Place. The Pirates were down 36-13 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The losing side was boosted by Justien Tido, who had 11 points in addition to eight rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Abrianna Lomeli, who earned five points.
Meanwhile, Columbia made easy work of Hockinson on Thursday and carried off a 56-33 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bruins.
Everything came up roses for Riverside against Columbia in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured a 48-17 win. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Columbia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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