Basketball Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Hunter Wolverines
The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge the Hunter Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Mountain Ridge came up short against Green Canyon and fell 78-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Sentinels still had to take the loss.
Loss or not, Mountain Ridge got some senior leadership from Landon Blackwell and Will Lindsay. Blackwell earned 22 points along with five steals, while Lindsay earned 22 points along with five rebounds. Isaac Langston was another key player, earning ten points.
Meanwhile, everything went Hunter's way against Stansbury on Friday as Hunter made off with a 68-42 victory.
Hunter's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dominick Phanolath, who scored eight points plus six assists and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kianu Da Silva, who went 5 for 9 en route to 14 points plus five rebounds.
Hunter smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Mountain Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Hunter, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Hunter when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Mountain Ridge made off with a 72-52 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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