Even though the River View Raiders scored an imposing 57 points on Friday, the Independence Patriots still came out on top. Independence walked away with a 69-57 victory over River View. That's two games straight that Independence has won by exactly 12 points.
Defeat or not, River View got some senior leadership from Gabe Lester and Jackson Danielson. Lester scored 18 points, while Danielson. dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds. Danielson has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Justice, who scored six points along with ten rebounds and three blocks.
The win made it two in a row for Independence and bumps their season record up to 5-9. As for River View, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-3.
Independence didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 49-32 win vs. Roane County on the 10th. River View has also already played their next game, a 83-41 defeat against James Monroe on the 12th.
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