Southern snaps four-game streak of wins at home

By Team Reports Feb 21, 2024, 9:50am

Recap: Southern Rams vs. Mountain Ridge Miners

After a string of six wins, the Southern Rams's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 61-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mountain Ridge. Southern has struggled against Mountain Ridge recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Several Rams players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Isaiah Keller, who scored 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Wilt, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cobe Penick, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Penick has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Ian Duncan, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Southern's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.

Southern and Bishop Walsh will face off at 6:30 p.m. on February 21st without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Southern focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up five on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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