Riverdale Christian is 1-8 against Kings Christian since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Riverdale Christian Ambassadors will be playing at home against the Kings Christian Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Riverdale Christian didn't have too much trouble with Alpaugh on the road as they won 52-37. The win made it back-to-back wins for Riverdale Christian.
Meanwhile, Kings Christian can now show off 18 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Woodlake with a sharp 71-50 victory. The win was nothing new for Kings Christian as they're now sitting on three straight.
Ronnie Roche continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 37 points. That makes it seven consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Kings Christian's points. Elyas Miro was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
The win got Riverdale Christian back to even at 5-5. As for Kings Christian, they pushed their record up to 22-2 with that win, which was their 16th straight at home.
Riverdale Christian ended up a good deal behind Kings Christian in their previous matchup on January 8th, losing 53-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roche, who scored 29 points along with four steals. Now that Riverdale Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
