Basketball Game Preview: Raymond/South Bend Ravens vs. Chief Leschi Warriors

The Raymond/South Bend Ravens will challenge the Chief Leschi Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Raymond/South Bend is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season.

Raymond/South Bend is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to North Beach for the full four quarters, racking up an 87-59 win. The Ravens pushed the score to 70-46 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hyaks had little chance of recovering from.

Chris Quintana and Tanner Morris were among the main playmakers for Raymond/South Bend as the former went 9 for 11 on his way to 18 points and seven boards and the latter dropped a double-double on 14 points and 16 rebounds. Those 16 boards gave Morris a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Schluter, who posted 12 points.

Raymond/South Bend smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in five consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Chief Leschi took a blow against Evergreen Lutheran on Thursday, falling 73-43. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Raymond/South Bend has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.8 points per game. As for Chief Leschi, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-16.

Everything came up roses for Raymond/South Bend against Chief Leschi in their previous matchup on January 14th, as the team secured an 85-34 victory. In that contest, Raymond/South Bend amassed a halftime lead of 54-22, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.