The River Islands Riptide will square off against the Lathrop Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully River Islands focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 19 on Monday.
River Islands will head into Monday's match out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Monday after a huge 27-point victory in their prior game. They fell just short of Big Valley Christian by a score of 69-67.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Idrees ElFarra, who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Euan Costales, who earned 12 points in addition to four steals.
Meanwhile, Lathrop unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a hard 62-45 fall against Enochs on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost three in a row.
Lathrop might have lost, but man, Joseph Perkins was a machine: he went 7 for 10 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds.
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