It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Caruthers Blue Raiders had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They secured a 44-40 W over the Patriots. The win made it back-to-back wins for Caruthers.
Heritage lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Ze'ni Patterson, who scored 11 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Zion Patterson, who scored seven points along with five rebounds.
Heritage struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Caruthers has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 20-10.
Caruthers will head out on the road to face off against Central at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Central is coming into the match with five straight victories at home, so Caruthers will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Heritage does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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