On Friday, Roosevelt faced Jackson-Reed in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Roosevelt Roughriders lost to the Jackson-Reed Tigers at home by a 74-58 margin. The Roughriders haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
When it comes to explaining why Roosevelt lost, don't look at Ke'Mari Pointer. Despite the final result, he went 7 of 10 on his way to 16 points and six assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabriel Hudgens, who went 5 of 10 en route to 13 points.
Pointer wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Roosevelt was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jackson-Reed only racked up nine assists.
Jackson-Reed's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Josiah Massaquoi led the charge by dropping a double-double on 26 points and 11 boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which Massaquoi has scored at least a third of Jackson-Reed's points. Another player making a difference was Pete Newman, who went 8 of 11 on his way to 20 points.
Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Jackson-Reed, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4.
Roosevelt will face off against School Without Walls at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Jackson-Reed, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 69-55 loss against DeMatha on the 11th.
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