The Crestwood Red Devils will challenge the Rootstown Rovers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crestwood has eight straight wins, Rootstown has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Crestwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 78-44 stomp they got against Ravenna. The Red Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 20 points or more this season.
| 12/30/24 vs Ravenna | 19 |
| 12/27/24 @ LaBrae | 18 |
| 12/14/24 vs Aurora | 16 |
| 02/02/24 @ Kirtland | 15 |
| 01/30/24 @ Southeast | 13 |
Crestwood's win on Monday was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from James Durham, who went 8 of 10 en route to 19 points and six rebounds. Those 19 points gave Durham a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Steven Lincoln, who went 9 of 16 on his way to 22 points.
Crestwood was working as a unit and finished the game with 27 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Rootstown suffered their closest loss since November 29th on Saturday. They fell just short of Southeast by a score of 57-55.
Crestwood pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.5 points. As for Rootstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Crestwood strolled past Rootstown in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a score of 55-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Crestwood 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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