On Friday, Roosevelt faced Inglewood in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Roosevelt Mustangs enjoyed a cozy 110-92 victory over the Inglewood Sentinels. 110 seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
| 12/13/24 vs Inglewood | 56 |
| 12/10/24 @ Norco | 33 |
| 12/07/24 vs Poly | 25 |
| 11/26/24 vs Norte Vista | 33 |
| 11/23/24 vs Sunnyslope | 27 |
| 11/21/24 vs Orange Vista | 47 |
Brayden Burries was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 56 points and 16 boards. The game was his sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Myles Walker, who went 6 of 13 on his way to 14 points along with seven assists and six boards.
Roosevelt was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Inglewood only racked up eight assists.
When it comes to explaining why Inglewood lost, don't look at Jason Crowe Jr. Despite the final result, he went 13 of 19 en route to 41 points and four steals. That was a full 44.6% of Inglewood's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Danaus Cockrell, who went 10 of 14 on his way to 23 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
The victory was the third in a row for Roosevelt, bringing their record for this year to 7-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 96.7 points per game. As for Inglewood, with the loss, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-2.
Roosevelt and St. Augustine will compete for holiday cheer at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Roosevelt knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight contests -- so hopefully St. Augustine likes a good challenge. As for Inglewood, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against King/Drew at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Inglewood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 83 points per game this season.
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