Having just played yesterday, the Roosevelt Rough Riders will get right back to it and host the Northtown Pumas at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Roosevelt will be strutting in after a victory while Northtown will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Roosevelt's defense stepped up to hand Aspira Business and Finance a 2-0 shutout. The two-point effort marked the Rough Riders' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Northtown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were dealt a 70-31 loss at the hands of Maine South. While losing is never fun, the Pumas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 646th, while the Hawks are ranked 172nd).
Roosevelt's win bumped their record up to 3-12. As for Northtown, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Roosevelt took a serious blow against Northtown in their previous matchup back in December of 2019, falling 73-28. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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