Riverdale and North Fort Myers are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. Both teams will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 23rd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. One thing working in Riverdale's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five matchups.
Even though Cypress Lake scored an imposing 63 points on Friday, Riverdale still came out on top. Riverdale snuck past Cypress Lake with a 67-63 win.
Meanwhile, North Fort Myers' recent rough patch got a bit rougher last Friday after their sixth straight loss. They fell 79-66 to Venice. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Thursday (58), North Fort Myers still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, North Fort Myers saw an underclassman step up: Isaiah Newson scored 31 points along with two steals. That was a full 47% of North Fort Myers' points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Antonyo Major-jackson, who scored six points along with two steals.
Riverdale now has a winning record of 10-9. As for North Fort Myers, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Riverdale was dealt a bruising 88-58 defeat at the hands of North Fort Myers when the teams last played back in January of 2023. The matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Riverdale was down 55-24.
