Basketball Recap: Sauk Rapids-Rice Has No Trouble Against Elk River

Storm

Margin (Wins)

12/05/24 @ Willmar	34
01/16/25 @ Elk River	24
01/03/25 vs Fergus Falls	21
12/17/24 @ St. Cloud Tech	20

Sauk Rapids-Rice won the last time they faced Elk River and things went their way on Thursday too. The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm were the clear victor by an 87-63 margin over the Elk River Elks. The Storm have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 20 points or more this season.

The victory made it two in a row for Sauk Rapids-Rice and bumps their season record up to 10-3. As for Elk River, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-10 record this season.

Sauk Rapids-Rice wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 94-71 win against Apollo on the 17th. As for Elk River, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Osseo at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Osseo's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven contests.