Cardozo is 0-8 against Roosevelt since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Cardozo Clerks will be home for the holidays to greet the Roosevelt Roughriders at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Cardozo's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
On Monday, Cardozo faced McKinley Tech in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Cardozo walked away with a 65-57 victory over McKinley Tech. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Cardozo's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nasir Slater, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds, and Cameron Young, who scored 18 points along with four steals. Those six rebounds set a new season-high mark for him. Another player making a difference was Trey Green, who scored seven points along with four steals.
Roosevelt has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 27 points or more this season. They took their match at home on Monday with ease, bagging a 63-21 victory over Bard. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-16.
Cardozo pushed their record up to 7-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Roosevelt, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Cardozo came up short against Roosevelt in their previous meeting back in January, falling 81-72. Will Cardozo have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
