Basketball Game Preview: Rice Consolidated Raiders vs. Columbus Cardinals

Rice Consolidated is 2-8 against Columbus since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rice Consolidated Raiders will face off against the Columbus Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. Rice Consolidated is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.

Rice Consolidated will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Edna, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Rice Consolidated walked away with a 74-63 win over Edna on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Columbus had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 76-62 victory over the Sharks.

Rice Consolidated pushed their record up to 19-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for Columbus, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.

Rice Consolidated strolled past Columbus in their previous matchup on January 7th by a score of 78-62. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Columbus' Grayson Rigdon, who went 7 of 13 from beyond the arc en route to 35 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rice Consolidated still be able to contain Rigdon? There's only one way to find out.