On Wednesday, Roosevelt faced Eastern in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Roosevelt Roughriders took a blow against the Eastern Ramblers, falling 48-18. The Roughriders' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it six in a row.
Jayme Poindexter was her usual excellent self, going 7 for 11 en route to 18 points along with six boards and five steals for Eastern. The dominant performance gave Poindexter a new career-high in steals. Labrea Carter was another key player, putting up nine points and eight rebounds.
Roosevelt now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Eastern, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Roosevelt has already played their next contest (against Dunbar), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Eastern has already played their next game, a 62-41 victory against Banneker on the 17th.
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