Riverside has won 20 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Holy Cross has won 20 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Sunday. The Riverside Vikings will welcome the Holy Cross Crusaders at 3:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Riverside is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Western Wayne to the tune of 98-34 on Friday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 613th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross made easy work of Honesdale on Friday and carried off a 75-55 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 56-22.
Riverside's victory bumped their record up to 21-1. As for Holy Cross, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season.
Riverside beat Holy Cross 50-41 when the teams last played back in January. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Holy Cross turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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