Roosevelt is 1-9 against Eastside Catholic since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will venture away from home to face off against the Eastside Catholic Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Roosevelt lost 76-51 to Garfield on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Roughriders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Eastside Catholic came up short against Seattle Prep on Monday, falling 91-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (62), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Roosevelt and nudges their season record down to 10-12. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points over those games. As for Eastside Catholic, they dropped their record down to 11-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Roosevelt skirted past Eastside Catholic 59-56 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roosevelt since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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