The Roosevelt Rough Riders will venture away from home to face off against the South Gate Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Friday, Roosevelt was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 50-49 to Garfield.
Meanwhile, South Gate was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat. They fell 62-53 to South East. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1235th, while the Jaguars are ranked 555th).
Roosevelt's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for South Gate, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-20.
Roosevelt was able to grind out a solid win over South Gate in their previous matchup last Friday, winning 55-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roosevelt since the squad 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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