Basketball Game Preview: Royal Live Oaks Academy Royal Knights vs. Denmark-Olar Vikings

The Royal Live Oaks Academy Royal Knights will head out to take on the Denmark-Olar Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Royal Live Oaks Academy is looking for their season's first victory.

Royal Live Oaks Academy is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Ridgeland on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Royal Live Oaks Academy was outmatched by Ridgeland and fell 71-32. The Royal Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 33-10.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Denmark-Olar). They blew past Allendale-Fairfax 82-46 on Tuesday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-15.

Royal Live Oaks Academy better keep an eye on Joshua Goodman. He was instrumental in Denmark-Olar's win, dropping a double-double on 31 points and 16 rebounds. With that strong performance, Goodman is now averaging an impressive 16.4 points per game. Terrence Hinton was another key player, going 5 of 10 en route to 13 points in addition to eight boards and five assists.

Denmark-Olar smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 24 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 17 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.

Denmark-Olar now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Royal Live Oaks Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.