Basketball Game Preview: Roosevelt Teddies vs. South St. Paul Packers

The Roosevelt Teddies will head out to take on the South St. Paul Packers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Roosevelt has four straight victories, South St. Paul has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Roosevelt will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating North Community, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Roosevelt came out on top against North Community by a score of 81-68 on Wednesday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Teddies' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Polars are ranked 102nd).

Obie E Esparza

Points

02/26/25 vs North Community	33
02/21/25 vs Lakes International Language Academy	16
02/19/25 @ Mounds Park Academy	19
02/17/25 vs Minneapolis Southwest	22
02/15/25 @ Humboldt	16
+ 6 more games

Obie E Esparza was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 33 points and ten rebounds. His evening made it 11 games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Calvin Peterson, who posted 13 points in addition to seven assists and seven boards.

Roosevelt was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Meanwhile, South St. Paul lost 72-52 to Tartan on Friday.

Roosevelt pushed their record up to 16-9 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points over those games. As for South St. Paul, their loss dropped their record down to 8-14.

Roosevelt came up short against South St. Paul in their previous matchup back in December of 2019, falling 74-69. Can Roosevelt avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.