Basketball Game Preview: Fresno Warriors vs. Roosevelt Rough Riders

By Team Reports Jan 19, 2024, 8:50am

Preview: Fresno Warriors vs. Roosevelt Rough Riders

Fresno is 2-8 against Roosevelt since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Fresno Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Roosevelt Rough Riders at 3:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fresno sitting on four straight wins and Roosevelt on six.

Fresno posted their biggest win yet this season on Thursday. They blew past Madera South 75-45 on the road.

Meanwhile, even though McLane scored an imposing 61 points on Thursday, Roosevelt still came out on top. Roosevelt snuck past McLane with a 66-61 win.

Fresno is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-10.

Fresno suffered a grim 67-47 defeat to Roosevelt when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Fresno avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.