Raiders, Lady Raiders wrap up busy weekend

The Three Rivers Raiders and Lady Raiders had big weekends on the hardwood with both playing a pair of games.

The Lady Raiders went 2-0 last weekend to move to 10-2 on the year as 10 is the magic number this week for TRC with Alex Wiggs and company earning the No. 10 ranking in the NJCAA Top 25 that was released on Monday.

TRC beat Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (78-41) and Southwestern Illinois College (93-65) at Three Rivers Classic.

Amiya Johnson had 14 to lead the Raiders against Northeastern Oklahoma while Da’Kariya Jackson (13 points) and Kiera Neal (11 points) also finished in double digits.

Against SWIC, Johnson returned with another big game as she dropped 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers. Jackson (13 points), Jasmine Davis (12 points) and Kamille Brown (10 points) also finished in double digits.

The Lady Raiders play Dyersburg State at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Libla.

The Raiders went 1-1 over the weekend with a loss to Olney Central (96-76) on Saturday before they bounced back with a win over Southwestern Illinois College in the St. Louis Community College Shootout (71-59).

Faheim Meran led TRC with 12 points in the loss to Olney while Demetris White (11 points), Kyle Edison (10 points) and Robert Alexander (10 points) also finished in double figures.

Against SWIC, Zyier Beverly led the Raiders with 20 points and eight rebounds while Edison (12 points) and Alexander (11 points) also had solid offensive games for the Raiders where each shot better than 50%.

The Raiders play at John A. Logan on Wednesday then host Tennessee Prep on Saturday at 7 p.m.