Roosevelt is 1-8 against Mountain View since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will head out to square off against the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Roosevelt beats Mountain View with 60 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Roosevelt walked away with a 60-52 win over Greeley Central on Friday. The Roughriders haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Mountain View was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 73-69 to Thompson Valley. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (67), the Mountain Lions still had to take the loss.
Roosevelt will have to contain Dylan Garland as he made an impact in Mountain View's last game. He went 10 for 21 on his way to 27 points and six steals. Garland is becoming a predictor of Mountain View's success: when he posts at least three steals the team is 7-3 (and 4-5 when he doesn't). Tyson Mares-Benz was another key player, going 5 of 10 to rack up 11 points along with five boards and three steals.
Even though they lost, Mountain View smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
Roosevelt's win bumped their record up to 10-8. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-8.
Roosevelt came up short against Mountain View when the teams last played back in January, falling 72-64. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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