Basketball Game Preview: Holy Cross Crusaders vs. Riverside Vikings

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Holy Cross is 8-2 against Riverside since January of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Holy Cross Crusaders will take on the Riverside Vikings at 8:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Riverside will be up against a hot Holy Cross squad: the team just extended their winning streak to nine. Holy Cross breezed past Elk Lake to the tune of 80-49 on Saturday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Warriors are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Riverside, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Sunday. Everything went their way against Dunmore on Saturday as Riverside made off with an 80-58 win. The victory continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Bucks: they've now won five in a row.

Riverside pushed their record up to 22-2 with the win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.1 points. As for Holy Cross, their victory bumped their record up to 22-3.

Holy Cross skirted past Riverside 60-57 when the teams last played last Sunday. Will Holy Cross repeat their success, or does Riverside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.