Preview: River Dell Golden Hawks vs. Dwight Morrow Maroon Raiders
The River Dell Golden Hawks will square off against the Dwight Morrow Maroon Raiders at TBD on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, River Dell made easy work of Passaic Valley and carried off a 64-44 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for River Dell.
River Dell can attribute much of their success to Pat Sweeny, who scored 21 points, and Sean Golden, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 17 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Sweeny has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Ryan Rossig, who scored five points.
Meanwhile, Dwight Morrow unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 73-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pascack Hills. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (67), Dwight Morrow still had to take the loss.
River Dell pushed their record up to 15-9 with that win, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Dwight Morrow, their loss dropped their record down to 15-11.
River Dell came up short against Dwight Morrow when the teams last played last Sunday, falling 66-59. Can River Dell avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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