Basketball Game Preview: R-S Central Hilltoppers vs. East Rutherford Cavaliers

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Previous Games

01/14/25 - Away	66-42 W
02/09/24 - Away	39-74 L
01/16/24 - Home	52-65 L
02/03/23 - Home	72-48 W
01/10/23 - Away	71-43 W
+ 5 more games

R-S Central has gone 8-2 against East Rutherford recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The R-S Central Hilltoppers will look to defend their home court against the East Rutherford Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (R-S Central has three straight victories, East Rutherford has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, R-S Central didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Patton, but they still walked away with a 58-52 win.

Meanwhile, East Rutherford lost to Brevard at home by a 61-47 margin on Thursday.

R-S Central is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for East Rutherford, their loss dropped their record down to 5-17.

Everything went R-S Central's way against East Rutherford in their previous matchup back in January, as R-S Central made off with a 66-42 victory. Will R-S Central repeat their success, or does East Rutherford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.