Basketball Game Preview: Vermilion Sailors vs. Columbia Raiders
By Team Reports
Dec 21, 2024, 10:26pm
Basketball Preview: Vermilion Sailors vs. Columbia Raiders
The Vermilion Sailors will head out to square off against the Columbia Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Vermilion is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.8 points per game this season.
If Columbia heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Vermilion took over last week. Vermilion managed a 56-51 win over Edison on Saturday.
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Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Vermilion to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Cooper, who posted 18 points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Cooper a new career-high in boards (four). Another player making a difference was Adam Gerber, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points.
Vermilion was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Columbia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Keystone an easy 60-40 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Raiders have suffered against the Wildcats since February 5, 2021.
The win got Vermilion back to even at 2-2. As for Columbia, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Vermilion was taken down by Columbia 82-50 when the teams last played back in December of 2019. Can Vermilion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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