Basketball Game Preview: Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans vs. North Eagles

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01/30/25 - Home	28-47 L
02/02/24 - Home	37-40 L
01/10/24 - Away	53-45 W
02/03/23 - Home	50-45 W
01/10/23 - Away	53-47 W
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Ridge Spring-Monetta is 8-2 against North since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans will face off against the North Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Last Friday, Ridge Spring-Monetta made easy work of Wagener-Salley and carried off a 52-26 win.

Meanwhile, North really took it to Blackville-Hilda for the full four quarters, racking up a 70-40 victory. The Eagles pushed the score to 57-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Fighting Hawks cut but never quite recovered from.

Ridge Spring-Monetta better keep an eye on Kailen Parks. She was instrumental in North's win, almost dropping a double-double on 36 points and nine steals. That's the most steals Parks has posted since back in November of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Angionna Hook, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten steals.

Ridge Spring-Monetta has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.9 points per game. As for North, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-8.

Ridge Spring-Monetta lost to North on the road by a decisive 47-28 margin in their previous matchup on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Parks, who posted 19 points in addition to six boards and four steals. Now that Ridge Spring-Monetta knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.