After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Magnificat, Rocky River was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 51-31 margin over the Buckeye Bucks. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Bucks are ranked 520th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/18/25 @ Buckeye | 6 |
| 02/14/24 @ St. Vincent-St. Mary | 3 |
| 01/04/25 @ North Olmsted | 3 |
| 01/11/25 vs Normandy | 3 |
| 02/05/24 @ Kenston | 3 |
Leading Rocky River to victory were Nora Bruder and Olivia Dewey. Bruder went 5 of 11 en route to 13 points and six steals, while Dewey posted 12 points in addition to eight assists and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Bruder a new career-high in steals. Another player making a difference was Angelina Swallow, who earned five points and four steals.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Rocky River was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Buckeye only racked up nine assists.
Buckeye lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ava Piovarchy, who had 14 points and eight boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Juliana Melillo, who put up six points.
Rocky River is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Buckeye, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Rocky River has already played their next game (against Westlake), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Buckeye has already played their next matchup, a 33-24 defeat against Bay on the 22nd.
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