The Richards Bulldogs and the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies will meet in a dog eat dog contest at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Richards has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Richards took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They managed a 52-48 victory over Argo. The Bulldogs haven't had any issues with the Argonauts recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Oak Park-River Forest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They took a 57-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Willowbrook. That's two games in a row now that the Huskies have lost by exactly nine points.
Richards will have to contain Genevieve Simkowski as she made an impact in Oak Park-River Forest's last game. She went 9-for-20 en route to 19 points along with five assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Simkowski a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Taryn Draine, who posted 11 points and seven boards.
Even though they lost, Oak Park-River Forest was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Richards' victory bumped their record up to 7-19. As for Oak Park-River Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 3-28.
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