After both having extra time off, the River Islands Riptide and the McNair Eagles will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. River Islands is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.7 points per game this season.
River Islands fought the good fight in their overtime game against Escalon last Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Cougars 77-72. The Riptide have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, River Islands had strong showings from Idrees ElFarra, who went 9 of 17 en route to 33 points along with five assists and five boards, and Charles Mapanao, who went 7 of 17 on his way to 22 points and three steals.
Meanwhile, McNair was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were dealt an 82-48 loss at the hands of Tracy. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1014th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 218th).
River Islands now has a losing record at 5-6. As for McNair, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
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