The Ballard Beavers suffered their biggest defeat since December 12, 2023 on Saturday. They suffered a rough 69-45 defeat at the hands of Roosevelt. While losing is never fun, Ballard can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while Roosevelt is ranked 35th).
Roosevelt can attribute much of their success to Jalen Dollar, who scored 24 points. Anthony Washington was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Ballard's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-4. As for Roosevelt, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Ballard will head out on the road to face off against Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak. As for Roosevelt, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Lakeside at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
