Preview: Mountain Ridge Miners vs. Berlin Brothersvalley Mountaineers
The Mountain Ridge Miners will be playing in front of their home fans against the Berlin Brothersvalley Mountaineers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Mountain Ridge strolled past Clear Spring with points to spare, taking the game 69-52.
Mountain Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Will Patterson out in front who scored 22 points along with seven rebounds. Ian Duncan was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Berlin Brothersvalley had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.9 points), and they went ahead and made it 16 on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 82-32 win over Williamsburg at home. Berlin Brothersvalley has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matchups by 24 points or more this season.
Berlin Brothersvalley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Pace Prosser, who almost dropped a triple-double on 12 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists. Prosser has been hot recently, having posted nine or more assists the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was McKelvey Foor, who scored 16 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Mountain Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Berlin Brothersvalley, they pushed their record up to 19-1 with that victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Mountain Ridge hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 55.9 points per game. However, it's not like Berlin Brothersvalley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 79.1 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
