Basketball Recap: Rocky Mountain Wins High-Profile Game Against Ridgeline

Rocky Mountain is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Ridgeline. The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies came out on top against the Ridgeline Riverhawks by a score of 70-61. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Grizzlies.

Ridgeline's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyler Jackman, who went 5 of 8 en route to 16 points. The dominant performance gave Jackman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Pinochi, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 13 points and five rebounds.

Grizzlies

Previous 3 Games (Home)

12/13/24 vs Ridgeline	70-61
12/12/24 vs Canyon Ridge	59-47
12/03/24 vs Timberline	54-51

Rocky Mountain's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Ridgeline, with the loss, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-1.

Rocky Mountain will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Borah at 6:00 p.m. on December 28th. As for Ridgeline, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 65-55 defeat against Hillcrest on the 14th.