Roosevelt lost against Garfield back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Roosevelt Roughriders lost 72-49 to the Garfield Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Roughriders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Bulldogs are ranked fifth).
12/09/23 vs Skyline | 21 |
01/21/25 vs Garfield | 19 |
12/05/23 vs Franklin | 18 |
12/30/24 vs Bishop Blanchet | 18 |
12/28/24 vs Eisenhower | 18 |
Despite the loss, Roosevelt still got an impressive performance from Anthony Washington, who posted 19 points. That's the most points Washington has posted since back in December of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Elliot (EJ) Sommers, who put up 11 points.
Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Garfield, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-3.
Roosevelt will be playing in front of their home fans against Eastside Catholic at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Roosevelt is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season. As for Garfield, they will head out to challenge Nathan Hale at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Garfield's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 12 matchups.
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