Basketball Game Preview: Brooklyn Collegiate vs. Riverdale Baptist Crusaders

Brooklyn Collegiate will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Riverdale Baptist Crusaders at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Brooklyn Collegiate is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.

Last Sunday, Brooklyn Collegiate was beaten by Union Catholic 70-42.

Meanwhile, Riverdale Baptist is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. John's. It was close, but Riverdale Baptist ultimately received the gift of a 68-65 win from a begrudging Crusaders squad. The victory made it back-to-back wins for they.

Brooklyn Collegiate better keep an eye on Cannon Greene. He was instrumental in Riverdale Baptist's win, going 9 of 19 on his way to 27 points and six rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Greene a new career-high in assists (three). Ean McLaughlin was another key player, going 6 for 12 on his way to 15 points in addition to six assists and six boards.

Riverdale Baptist's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Brooklyn Collegiate, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.