The South St. Paul Packers will face off against the Roosevelt Teddies at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. South St. Paul has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Roosevelt will come in with four straight victories.
South St. Paul came up short against Tartan on Friday, falling 72-52. While losing is never fun, the Packers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Titans are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Roosevelt hadn't done well against North Community recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Roosevelt came out on top against North Community by a score of 81-68.
South St. Paul better keep an eye on Obie E Esparza. He was instrumental in Roosevelt's win, dropping a double-double with 33 points and ten boards. The matchup was E Esparza's 11th in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Calvin Peterson, who posted 13 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds.
Roosevelt was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Roosevelt pushed their record up to 16-9 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points over those games. As for South St. Paul, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.
South St. Paul didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Roosevelt in their previous meeting back in December of 2019, but they still walked away with a 74-69 victory. Will South St. Paul repeat their success, or does Roosevelt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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