Basketball Recap: Roosevelt Skates Past Lakeside with Ease

By Team Reports Dec 23, 2024, 10:30am

Basketball Recap: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Lakeside Lions

Suggested Video

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Roosevelt). They blew past the Lakeside Lions, posting a 66-29 victory. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Roughriders as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.

Caden Young

Points

12/27/23 vs Skyridge23
12/18/24 vs Lakeside17
12/08/23 @ Lincoln15
12/09/23 vs Skyline15
12/01/23 vs Cleveland14

Roosevelt had a senior duo take command as Caden Young posted 17 points and Anthony Washington scored 16 points. That's the most points Young has posted since back in December of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Towne, who earned eight points.

Roosevelt's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 2-3. As for Lakeside, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-3.

Roosevelt wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 70-68 defeat against Eastside Catholic on the 20th. As for Lakeside, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 51-45 loss against Seattle Academy on the 20th.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps