Basketball Preview: Mineral Ridge Rams vs. Lowellville Rockets
The Mineral Ridge Rams will challenge the Lowellville Rockets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mineral Ridge has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Mineral Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against McDonald by a score of 63-54 on Friday. With that win, the Rams brought their scoring average up to 52.5 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mineral Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lily Merolillo, who went 7 for 15 en route to 19 points plus eight rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Merolillo a new career-high in threes (five). Gianna Gilbert was another key player, scoring 14 points along with five steals.
Mineral Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 15 offensive rebounds in seven consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Lowellville just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 57-37 to Mogadore. The Rockets haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Lowellville's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Mineral Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Mineral Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Lowellville in their previous matchup back in January, winning 54-43. Will Mineral Ridge repeat their success, or does Lowellville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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