Basketball Game Preview: Rio Americano Raiders vs. Bella Vista Broncos

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Previous Games

01/09/25 - Home	80-56 W
11/30/19 - Away	70-38 W
11/21/18 - Home	61-46 W
12/12/17 - Away	59-47 W
12/23/16 - Home	69-44 W
+ 2 more games

Rio Americano has gone 6-1 against Bella Vista recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rio Americano Raiders will challenge the Bella Vista Broncos at 7:30 p.m.

Last Wednesday, Rio Americano came up short against Woodcreek and fell 58-47.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bella Vista). They came out on top against Ponderosa by a score of 79-68 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Broncos.

Rio Americano better keep an eye on Mark Otrotsyuk. He was instrumental in Bella Vista's win, going 7 for 15 en route to 23 points in addition to eight rebounds and six steals. The dominant performance gave Otrotsyuk a new career-high in boards. Cael Bird was another key player, dropping a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds.

Bella Vista was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Bella Vista's win bumped their record up to 9-14. As for Rio Americano, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-9 record this season.

Everything went Rio Americano's way against Bella Vista in their previous matchup on January 9th, as Rio Americano made off with an 80-56 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Otrotsyuk, who went 6 of 13 on his way to 19 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rio Americano still be able to contain Otrotsyuk? There's only one way to find out.