Basketball Recap: Roosevelt Skates Past Friendship Collegiate Academy with Ease

Roughriders

Margin (Wins)

12/11/24 @ Bell	50
12/09/24 vs Woodson	47
12/15/24 vs Friendship Collegiate Academy	28
12/07/24 @ Imani Christian Academy	-1
12/14/24 vs Woodson	-4

Roosevelt won the last time they faced Friendship Collegiate Academy and things went their way on Sunday too. The Roosevelt Roughriders took their contest with ease, bagging an 80-52 win over the Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights. The Roughriders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 28 points or more this season.

Roosevelt got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sean Hall out in front who went 8 of 11 on his way to 17 points in addition to six boards and six steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Ke'Mari Pointer, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 12 points in addition to eight assists and five steals.

Roosevelt has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 41.7 points. As for Friendship Collegiate Academy, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Roosevelt won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Bard at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Roosevelt knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matchups -- so hopefully Bard likes a good challenge. As for Friendship Collegiate Academy, they and Coolidge will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Monday without much rest having both just played.