The Gwynn Park Yellowjackets will take on the Roosevelt Roughriders in a tournament on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Gwynn Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 80-66 victory over Chesapeake Math & IT Academy South on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellowjackets.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt faced Ron Brown in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Roosevelt took their match with ease, bagging a 70-33 win over Ron Brown. The Roughriders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 28 points or more this season.
Roosevelt's win came from a few key players Gwynn Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Elijah Hall, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cash Wilson, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 12 points.
Roosevelt is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36 points. As for Gwynn Park, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Gwynn Park came up short against Roosevelt when the teams last played back in December of 2019, falling 73-62. Can Gwynn Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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