You can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely the Santa Fe Raiders's strategy against the Dunnellon Tigers on Saturday. Santa Fe took down Dunnellon 63-47. Winning may never get old, but Santa Fe sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Dunnellon lost, one person who can't be blamed is Eli Nelson. Despite the final result, he scored 14 points along with six rebounds and two blocks. Another player making a difference was Sean Simpson, who scored five points.
Santa Fe is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Dunnellon, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
Santa Fe will be playing in front of their home fans against Buchholz at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Dunnellon, Dunnellon and Lake Weir will face off at 7:00 p.m. on January 29th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Lake Weir focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 last Wednesday.
