The Riverview Raiders will venture away from home to take on the Mills University Studies Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Riverview has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with nine straight losses, while Mills University Studies will come in with five straight wins.
Riverview is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Lonoke on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Riverview was outmatched by Lonoke at home and fell 48-7.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mills University Studies). They breezed by Forrest City at home to the tune of 55-12 on Friday. Fans of the Comets have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Elijah Moody continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 175 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 229 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.5% of his passes. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Rodney Jackson was another key player, rushing for 58 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mills University Studies was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 343 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Mills University Studies didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Desmond Higgins Jr, Alan Hall, and Miles Caster picked up one apiece.
Riverview's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Mills University Studies, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
Riverview was able to grind out a solid win over Mills University Studies when the teams last played back in October of 2019, winning 37-27. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverview since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
