Roosevelt is 2-8 against Lakeside since November of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will venture away from home to square off against the Lakeside Lions at 3:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lakeside will be up against a hot Roosevelt squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Roosevelt blew past West Seattle 77-48 on Wednesday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-18.
| 01/29/25 @ West Seattle | 28 |
| 12/13/24 @ Seattle Prep | 26 |
| 01/10/24 @ Garfield | 25 |
| 12/30/24 vs Esperanza | 25 |
| 12/20/24 @ Eastside Catholic | 24 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roosevelt to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ellery Burke-Brown, who went 11 for 18 on her way to 28 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Burke-Brown a new career-high in points. Jasmine Hall was another key player, going 6 of 9 en route to 16 points.
Meanwhile, Lakeside waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Crusaders 57-31. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Crusaders are ranked 76th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roosevelt has also been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.2 points per game. As for Lakeside, their win was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-1.
Roosevelt suffered a grim 66-44 defeat to Lakeside when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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