On Friday, the School Without Walls Penguins faced the Roosevelt Roughriders in a battle between two of the state's top teams. School Without Walls' rough 63-42 loss to Roosevelt might stick with them for a while. School Without Walls has not had much luck with Roosevelt recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
School Without Walls' loss came despite strong showings from Chidiire Nwokwu and Paul Joire. Nwokwu dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds, while Joire dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Joire is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last six games he's played. Another player making a difference was Tahkari Bates, who scored nine points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roosevelt to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sean Hall, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Richard Hall, who scored 14 points along with four steals.
School Without Walls' defeat dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Roosevelt, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-6.
School Without Walls will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against BASIS at 5:00 p.m. on February 16th. School Without Walls is facing BASIS at the right time seeing as BASIS is stuck on a 18-game losing streak. As for Roosevelt, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Dunbar at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Roosevelt knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past six matches -- so hopefully Dunbar likes a good challenge.
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