With a playoff game on the line, the Roosevelt Teddies rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Knights 73-71. Winning may never get old, but Roosevelt sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roosevelt to victory, but perhaps none more so than Obie Esparza, who scored 22 points along with six rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Esparza has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Calvin Peterson, who scored 18 points along with seven assists and four steals.
Roosevelt has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-13 record this season. As for Harding, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-8.
Roosevelt didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 82-69 loss vs. St. Thomas Academy on the 9th. Harding does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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