The Riverdale Chieftains will venture away from home to challenge the Southwestern Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Riverdale has three straight victories, Southwestern has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Riverdale will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Thursday (they won by 30) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Boscobel 53-51. 53 seems to be a good number for the Chieftains as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Southwestern took a blow against Cuba City on Tuesday, falling 64-19. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 358th, while the Cubans are ranked 22nd).
Riverdale's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.7 points per game. As for Southwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Riverdale strolled past Southwestern in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 52-37. Will Riverdale repeat their success, or does Southwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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