Basketball Recap: Southern Columbia Area's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Saturday

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southern Columbia Area can now relate to. They came up short against the Riverside Vikings on Saturday, falling 77-54. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Vikings are ranked 42nd).

Tigers

Previous 5 Games

03/08/25 vs Riverside	54-77
03/01/25 vs North Penn-Mansfield	43-41
02/20/25 vs Mifflinburg	38-31
02/10/25 @ Shikellamy	73-49
02/07/25 vs Milton	71-31

With the loss, Southern Columbia Area broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-10. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points over those games. As for Riverside, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-2.

Southern Columbia Area does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Riverside, they will take on Overbrook on Wednesday. One thing working in Riverside's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last ten matches.