Basketball Recap: Pacific Ridge Beats Crawford for Their Seventh Straight Win

Firebirds

Previous Games

01/23/25 @ Crawford	56-39
01/17/25 vs Guajome Park Academy	67-24
01/15/25 @ Sweetwater	50-44
01/14/25 @ Coastal Academy	47-37
01/10/25 vs Calvin Christian	58-41
+ 2 more games

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Pacific Ridge's strategy against Crawford on Thursday. The Pacific Ridge Firebirds enjoyed a cozy 56-39 victory over the Crawford Colts. The win was familiar territory for the Firebirds who have now won seven games in a row.

Despite the loss, Crawford still got an impressive performance from Mickelson Laguerre, who went 8 of 18 en route to 17 points in addition to seven steals and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Laguerre a new career-high in steals. Another player making a difference was Yasir Abdurahman, who posted six points and ten boards.

Pacific Ridge pushed their record up to 20-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Crawford, the defeat snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 17-4 record.

Pacific Ridge won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Chula Vista at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Chula Vista is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.2 points per game this season. As for Crawford, they will also get right back to it: they'll square off against High Tech SD at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Crawford also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 62.4 points per game.