It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Jonesboro Cardinals can now relate to. They took a 79-63 bruising from the Raiders on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (62), Jonesboro still had to take the loss.
Jonesboro lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cortez Redding, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds. Redding continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Chris Jones was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds.
Riverwood's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Karris Bilal led the charge by scoring 30 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Bilal is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of JR Leonard, who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Jonesboro's defeat dropped their record down to 20-11. As for Riverwood, they have been performing well recently as they've won 16 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.
Jonesboro does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Riverwood will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Alexander at 7:30 p.m. on March 8th. Alexander will roll in looking for their 17th straight win, something Riverwood surely won't give up without a fight.
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