The Alexandria Trojans will challenge the Riverdale Rebels on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Alexandria comes in on three and Riverdale on nine.
Alexandria will bounce into Monday's match after beating Ouachita Parish, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Alexandria sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 48-46 victory over Ouachita Parish last Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Trojans have posted since January 10th.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Alexandria to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kenya Russell, who went 7-for-9 to rack up 16 points and eight boards. Thanks to that strong game, Russell now owns an excellent 45.8% shooting accuracy. The team also got some help courtesy of Thamerin Balthazar, who posted 12 points and five steals.
Alexandria smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in 13 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Riverdale had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They beat the Swamp Owls by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 61-33. The Rebels have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 17 contests by 20 points or more this season.
Alexandria's victory bumped their record up to 24-6. As for Riverdale, their win bumped their record up to 21-4.
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