Basketball Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Lakeside Lions
The Roosevelt Roughriders will head out on the road to square off against the Lakeside Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Roosevelt rose to the challenge on Monday. They walked away with a 53-45 win over the.
Roosevelt found their leader in underclassman Emma Curtis, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Curtis has scored all season. Ava Dorling was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Meanwhile, Lakeside had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They took down Roosevelt 54-36. That's two games straight that Lakeside has won by exactly 18 points.
Roosevelt's victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Lakeside, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
Roosevelt ended up a good deal behind the Lions in their previous matchup on Wednesday, losing 54-36. Can Roosevelt avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
