Preview: Nevada Union Miners vs. Roseville Tigers
The Nevada Union Miners will head out on the road to take on the Roseville Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Nevada Union has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Nevada Union has not done well against Ponderosa recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Nevada Union snuck past Ponderosa with a 71-66 win. The score was all tied up 25-25 at the break, but Nevada Union was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Roseville struggled with assists on Friday (Woodcreek had 15 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Roseville took a serious blow against Woodcreek, falling 83-45. While losing is never fun, Roseville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 319th, while Woodcreek is ranked 114th).
Despite the defeat, Roseville saw an underclassman step up: Oreste Yong scored six points along with eight rebounds and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Ritter, who scored four points along with two steals.
Nevada Union's victory bumped their record up to 16-12. As for Roseville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-11.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
