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Riverside girls pick up first win of the year by downing Heartland Christian

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December 10th, 2020 by admin

The Riverside girls basketball team picked up their first win of the 2020-21 season at home Thursday night with a 55-16 decision over Heartland Christian. The Bulldogs jumped on top early with the first 8 points of the game and never looked back.

Riverside led 32-10 by halftime and it was 49-13 by the end of the third. Riverside used a full court press to frustrate the Eagles and force them into 25+ turnovers on the night. Kenna Ford had 14 points and Emily Brown poured in 12 points for Riverside as they improved to 1-4 on the year. Next up for the Dawgs is a home game against Underwood on the 15th.

Heartland Christian was led by 6 points from Madelyn Jundt as they fall to 1-5 with the loss. They will host Boys Town on Friday night.

Watch the game replay HERE.