The Rocky River Ravens lost against the Butler Bulldogs back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Rocky River took a 66-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Butler. While losing is never fun, Rocky River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while Butler is ranked 69th).
Several Ravens players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Shamari Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. Johnson hasn't dropped below nine rebounds for 13 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Ross, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Tyler Showalter continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Butler, scoring 27 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Showalter has scored at least a third of Butler's points. DeQuadre Currence was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with six assists.
Rocky River's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Butler, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 14-7.
Rocky River will head out on the road to face off against Providence at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Butler's road trip will continue as they head out to face Charlotte Catholic at 7:30 p.m. on February 9th. One thing working in Butler's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matchups.
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