Two dominant guards in Ian Engh and Siincere Hudson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Rio Americano Raiders will challenge the Inderkum Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Rio Americano is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Ponderosa with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 86-69. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Bruins are ranked 700th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Inderkum had already won 17 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points) and they went ahead and made it 18 on Saturday. They took down the Mariners 74-56.
Rio Americano has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points over those games. As for Inderkum, their record now sits at 24-1.
Rio Americano was taken down by Inderkum 69-41 when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Inderkum's Taylen Goodman, who went 6 for 7 to rack up 17 points along with seven boards and six assists. Now that Rio Americano knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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