Basketball Recap: Red River Comes Up Short

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Red River couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the Fargo North Spartans by a score of 84-81 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (71), the Roughriders still had to take the loss.

Red River is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 18-9. As for Fargo North, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-16 record this season.

While Red River had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.