The Rocky River Pirates came tearing into Friday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Brookside and snuck past 65-62. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Rocky River's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Hakeem Zayed, who scored 12 points along with three steals. Julian Patti was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Rocky River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Brookside, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7.
Rocky River will head out on the road to face off against Howland at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Rocky River focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Friday. Brookside does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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