With a playoff game on the line, the Rickards Raiders rose to the challenge on Thursday. They really took it to the Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-40 victory on the road. The victory was familiar territory for Rickards who now have seven in a row.
Rickards' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Romie Cosby, who scored 18 points. Another player making a difference was Benjamin Plummer, who scored 14 points.
Defeat or not, Columbia got some senior leadership from Ka'marion Bryant and Rashaun Jones. Bryant scored 14 points, while Jones. scored six points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Bryant has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jalen Gaskins, who scored seven points along with 11 rebounds.
Rickards is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Columbia, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-13.
Rickards is on the road again on Tuesday and plays Riverside at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Hopefully Riverside focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Thursday. Columbia does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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