Basketball Recap: River Ridge Falls Despite Big Games from Tommy Deloreto and Jacob Yeager

River Ridge fought the good fight in their overtime match against Fivay on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Fivay Falcons by a score of 86-84. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (72), the Royal Knights still had to take the loss.

Jacob Yeager and Tommy DeLoreto certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Yeager went 8 of 16 en route to 21 points in addition to five boards and five steals, while DeLoreto went 6 for 10 on his way to 16 points and six rebounds. The contest was Yeager's 12th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kolten Casarez, who went 5 for 7 en route to 14 points.

Even though they lost, River Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Leading Fivay to victory were Odell Brown and Dominick Walsh. Brown dropped a double-double on 28 points and 15 boards, while Walsh went 8 of 16 on his way to 22 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Walsh a new career-high in rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Orvill Ortiz, who posted eight points and six boards.

River Ridge has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 13 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season. As for Fivay, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-5.

River Ridge will take on Hudson at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. River Ridge is facing Hudson at the right time seeing as Hudson is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Fivay has already played their next matchup, a 76-42 win against Zephyrhills on the 15th.