The Riverside Bulldogs picked up their second win of the boys hoops season on Thursday night with a 52-30 win over the Griswold Tigers. The Bulldogs took advantage of some outside looks against the Griswold zone and shot well enough to make the difference. Riverside connected on 6 threes in the opening half and took a 26-15 lead into the break. Riverside Head Coach Nicholas Kroon felt they attacked the zone well from outside.

Drake Woods knocked down 3 of those triples in the first half and added two more in the third quarter to help the Bulldogs push away. The Bulldogs expanded the lead to 18 by the end of the third and then sealed the game with 9-10 shooting from the foul line in the 4th quarter. The Bulldogs did a nice job taking care of the ball and Coach Kroon said that was a huge difference from other games they didn’t have success in.

Woods finished with 16 points to lead all-scorers in the game. Riverside also got 12 from Brogan Allensworth who had an active night rebounding and blocking some shots as well. The Bulldogs improve to 2-7 on the season and will next host Logan-Magnolia on Friday night.

Griswold got 15 points from Jayden Amend, but no other Tiger finished in double-figures. The Tigers are still searching for their first win and fall to 0-9 on the year. They will play host to Essex on Friday night, a game you can see on Griz Tiger Vision in the KJAN Video Network.