INDEPENDENCE—Charlie Fox opened the 2021-22 season with a game-high 30 points in Riverside’s 79-57 nonconference win at Independence on Friday.
The Beavers got off to a slow start as Independence led after the first quarter, 13-8, but Andrew Taggart scored 10 of his 16 points in the second to hand Riverside a 34-24 lead at the break.
Fox took it from there and scored 19 points in the second half with three 3-pointers to his credit.
Jake Elly added nine points for the Beavers and seven others scored at least two points in the win.
Independence’s Kyle Zygmunt scored 10 points in the fourth quarter on the way to a 28-point night. Braden Flynn also scored in double figures with 11 points and Aidan Coljohn finished with six.