Basketball Game Preview: Richfield Tigers vs. Dietrich Blue Devils

Having just played yesterday, the Richfield Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Dietrich Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Richfield is coming into the matchup on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They walked away with a 57-48 victory over Hansen on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Dietrich had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They really took it to the Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 72-34 win. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 22 points or more this season.

Dietrich's win came from a few key players Richfield will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Brody Torgerson, who dropped a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in steals (five). Another player making a difference was Connor Perkins, who went 5-for-12 to rack up 12 points in addition to eight steals and seven boards.

Dietrich pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.4 points over those games. As for Richfield, their win bumped their record up to 8-14.

Richfield was dealt a bruising 72-34 defeat at the hands of Dietrich when the teams last played on Wednesday. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Richfield was down 38-13.