Riverdale Downs Blackman for Region Title; Boys Championship Tonight

Feb 28, 2018 at 09:28 pm by bryan


The Riverdale Lady Warriors ran their record to 32-and-1 with a 70-47 win over Blackman in the Region 4AAA championship game.

Miss Basketball finalist and Vanderbilt signee Brinae Alexander finished the game with 25 points for Riverdale. Alasia Hayes had 16.

Blackman was led by Nia Vanzant's 15 points while Jaleah Goff chipped in 13 points.

Riverdale will be home on Saturday night in the sectional tournament, hosting East Hamilton. The Lady Blaze will travel to Bradley Central to take on the undefeated Lady Bears.

Coverage on State Farm Prep Sports begins at 6:45 Saturday night from Riverdale's Johnny Parsley Memorial Gym. We will have instant updates on the Blackman game during the broadcast.


The Blackman and Riverdale boys will tangle in the Region 4AAA boys title game tonight (Thursday). The Blaze, who are 30-0, got by Oakland Tuesday 52-50. Riverdale finished second in the district tournament championship game after losing to the Blaze 49-47.

Pregame coverage begins at 6:45pm on WGNSRadio.com and our phone apps. We will have the Lady Raiders at Western Kentucky on the radio, beginning at 6:30pm.

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