Having just played yesterday, the River Islands Riptide will get right back to it and host the McNair Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
River Islands made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Downey, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Riptide fell just short of the Knights by a score of 48-46 on Tuesday. The Riptide have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, McNair had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36 points) and they went ahead and made it three back in December of 2025. They breezed past the Warriors to the tune of 72-42. The Eagles pushed the score to 62-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
McNair's win came from a few key players that River Islands will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Xavier Ybanez, who shot 56% from the field en route to 22 points. Steven Sotelo was another key player, going 5-for-8 to rack up 11 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals.
McNair smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Galt only pulled down five.
McNair's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for River Islands, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
River Islands skirted past McNair 76-73 in their previous meeting back in January of 2025. Do the Riptide have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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