Recap: Southwest Roughriders vs. Medicine Valley Raiders
The Southwest Roughriders pushed their score all the way to 57 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Medicine Valley by a score of 60-57. Southwest lost against Medicine Valley in their previous head to head back in January, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 56-50 score last time.
Southwest's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Houston Billeter, who scored 19 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakub Walz,, who scored 15 points along with 9 rebounds.
Southwest's loss dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Medicine Valley, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Southwest will head out on the road to face off against Maywood/Hayes Center on Saturday. As for Medicine Valley, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Paxton at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Paxton focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 31 on Thursday.
