The Rochester Rockets will face off against the Collinsville Kahoks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While Rockets fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Tuesday's season opener. They took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 63-32 victory over Hillsboro. The Rockets pushed the score to 54-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hiltoppers had little chance of recovering from.
Rochester found their leader in sophomore Eli Cox, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Cox a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Another player making a difference was Jack Melton, who posted eight points plus three steals.
Rochester smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hillsboro only pulled down two.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Collinsville). They came out on top against Mt. Vernon by a score of 63-55 on Saturday. The win was nothing new for the Kahoks as they're now sitting on three straight.
Rochester was taken down by Collinsville 67-32 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Rochester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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