Basketball Recap: Eli Roof Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat R-S Central

East Rutherford hadn't done well against R-S Central recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The East Rutherford Cavaliers had just enough and edged the R-S Central Hilltoppers out 69-67. This was a revenge game for the Cavaliers: when they faced off against the Hilltoppers back in January, they had to take a 66-42 defeat.

Eli Roof

Points (Career)

02/07/25 @ R-S Central	16
01/31/25 @ Patton	15
01/20/25 @ Hendersonville	15
02/19/24 vs Chase	13
01/17/25 @ Polk County	11

East Rutherford got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Eli Roof out in front who went 7 of 13 on his way to 16 points. Those 16 points gave Roof a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Maliek Logan, who posted 13 points.

East Rutherford's win bumped their record up to 6-17. As for R-S Central, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9.

The future could be bright for both East Rutherford and R-S Central: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. East Rutherford will look to extend Polk County's five-game losing streak when the meet at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, R-S Central will try to hand Chase their 16th-straight defeat when the two meet at 7:30 p.m. on February 14th.