It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Rickards Raiders had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They took down the Tigers 49-33. Winning may never get old, but Rickards sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Randall Pompey continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 15 points. He continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Romie Cosby was another key contributor, scoring seven points.
Columbia lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Justice Kelly, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Gaskins, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.
Rickards has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. As for Columbia, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 15-12 record this season.
Rickards will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Columbia at 7:00 p.m. on February 15th. Columbia will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 211th, while Rickards is ranked 58th). Columbia is on the road again and plays Rickards at 7:00 p.m. on February 15th. Hopefully Rickards is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Florida (they are ranked 58th, while Columbia is ranked 211th).
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