Riverside and North are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Riverside Beavers will challenge the North Rangers at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Riverside is headed into the match having just suffered their closest defeat since December 14, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Kenston by a score of 43-40. The Beavers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, North ended up a good deal behind Chardon on Wednesday and lost 50-36. The loss continues a trend for the Rangers in their matchups with the Hilltoppers: they've now lost five in a row.
Riverside now has a losing record at 9-10. As for North, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-9.
Riverside came up short against North when the teams last played on January 11th, falling 41-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North's Kaitlin Dobida, who posted 29 points in addition to seven rebounds and three blocks. Now that Riverside knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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