Basketball Preview: Taft Raiders vs. Warren Warriors
Two dominant guards in Taylor Olson and Aniyah Shields are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Taft Raiders and the Warren Warriors are set to duel on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Taft made easy work of John F. Kennedy and carried off a 52-30 win. The Raiders pushed the score to 48-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rockets cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Warren). They blew past Stevens 87-17 on Friday. The Warriors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 20 points or more this season.
The victory (which was Warren's third in a row) raised their record to 17-5. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for Taft, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-13.
Taft came up short against Warren in their previous matchup back in January, falling 48-42. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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