The Southwest Roughriders will challenge the Franklin Flyers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest will be strutting in after a win while Franklin will be coming in after a loss.
Southwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Arapahoe with a sharp 58-33 victory last Friday. The win was some much needed relief for the Roughriders as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Houston Billeter continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 23 points and 12 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Southwest's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trenton Williams, who posted ten points and four steals.
Meanwhile, Franklin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost to Southern Valley on the road by a 46-32 margin. That's two games in a row now that the Flyers have lost by exactly 14 points.
Franklin's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Southwest, they picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 2-5.
Everything went Southwest's way against Franklin in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as Southwest made off with a 56-33 win. In that match, Southwest amassed a halftime lead of 35-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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