It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but the Riverside Indian Braves ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They skirted past Madill 48-45. Winning may never get old, but Riverside Indian sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Defeat or not, Madill got some senior leadership from Ethan Wilkerson and Brylan James. Wilkerson scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks, while James. scored 16 points along with five assists. That was a full 44.4% of Madill's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jd Runyan, who scored four points along with five rebounds.
Riverside Indian pushed their record up to 12-7 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Madill, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-2.
Riverside Indian will stay at home for another game and welcome the Bombers at 8:00 p.m. on February 5th. One thing working in Frederick's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four games. As for Madill, they will head out on the road to face off against the Indians at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Plainview is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
