The Riverside Pirates will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Ontario Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Riverside has four straight wins, Ontario has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Riverside earned a 69-58 victory over Pendleton.
Meanwhile, Ontario played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 61-23 defeat at the hands of Caldwell. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 136th in Oregon, while the Cougars are ranked 33rd in Idaho).
Ontario's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Riverside, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
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