Having just played yesterday, the Riverside Warriors will get right back to it and host the Spartanburg Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Riverside's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Spartanburg has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Riverside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: James F. Byrnes, who was ranked second at the time (Riverside was ranked 17th). Riverside took an 85-81 hit to the loss column at the hands of James F. Byrnes. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Spartanburg). They blew past Wade Hampton 87-62 on Friday.
Riverside's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 13-5. As for Spartanburg, their win bumped their record up to 8-10.
Riverside barely slipped by Spartanburg in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, winning 59-58. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Spartanburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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