The Roosevelt Rough Riders will head out on the road to face off against the Garfield Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Garfield will be up against a hot Roosevelt team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Roosevelt strolled past Huntington Park with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 58-44.
Meanwhile, Garfield came tearing into Wednesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They really took it to the Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 69-41 victory. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bulldogs had established a 22 point advantage.
Garfield has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Roosevelt, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8.
Roosevelt came out on top in a nail-biter against Garfield in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 55-53. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roosevelt since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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