Basketball Recap: Roseville Takes a Loss

Roseville lost against Cretin-Derham Hall back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Roseville Raiders received a blow as they fell 91-74 to the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders. While losing is never fun, Roseville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 176th, while Cretin-Derham Hall is ranked fifth).

This is the second loss in a row for Roseville and nudges their season record down to 7-15. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points over those games. As for Cretin-Derham Hall, their victory bumped their record up to 19-1.

Coming up, Roseville will square off against Stillwater at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Roseville's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 12 matches. As for Cretin-Derham Hall, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Woodbury at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Cretin-Derham Hall's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.