Basketball Game Preview: Rootstown Rovers vs. Orrville Red Riders

By Team Reports Feb 23, 2024, 2:57am

Preview: Rootstown Rovers vs. Orrville Red Riders

The Rootstown Rovers will play host again and welcome the Orrville Red Riders, where tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Rootstown knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past eight matchups -- so hopefully Orrville likes a good challenge.

In what's become a running theme this season, Rootstown gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 63-19 win over Lakeview at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-7.

Colbie Curall and Addy Germann were among the main playmakers for Rootstown as the former scored nine points along with seven steals and the latter scored 19 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Germann has scored all season. Brooklynn McIntyre was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with two steals.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-30, which was the final score in Orrville's tilt against Triway on Saturday. Orrville has struggled against Triway recently, as their matchup on Saturday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.

Rootstown's win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-2. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 34.3 points. As for Orrville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.

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