Preview: Roscommon Bucks vs. Houghton Lake Bobcats
Roscommon and Houghton Lake are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Roscommon Bucks will challenge the Houghton Lake Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Roscommon has three straight victories, Houghton Lake has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Tuesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Roscommon beat Farwell 40-34. Given Roscommon's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while Farwell is ranked 575th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roscommon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Zoey Kauffman, who scored ten points along with three steals, and Alexis Carper, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. Kauffman hasn't dropped below three steals for nine straight games. Nemiah Carper was another key contributor, scoring five points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Houghton Lake was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 52-51 to Gladwin.
Roscommon's victory bumped their record up to 15-7. As for Houghton Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-21.
Roscommon didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Houghton Lake in their previous meeting back in February, but they still walked away with a 45-40 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roscommon since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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