Basketball Game Preview: East Ridge Raptors vs. Woodbury Royals

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Previous Games

12/03/24 - Home	69-50 W
01/18/24 - Home	79-67 W
12/05/23 - Away	70-34 W
01/20/23 - Away	56-25 W
12/06/22 - Neutral	65-21 W
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East Ridge is 9-1 against Woodbury since February of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Ridge Raptors are taking a road trip to challenge the Woodbury Royals at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Woodbury will be up against a hot East Ridge team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. East Ridge narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Forest Lake 62-59. Given the Raptors' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Rangers are ranked 133rd), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Woodbury entered their tilt with Park on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Wolfpack by a score of 56-45.

Woodbury has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for East Ridge, they pushed their record up to 10-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.

East Ridge strolled past Woodbury in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a score of 69-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Ridge since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.