Basketball Recap: Northern Garrett Takes a Loss

Northern Garrett lost against Mountain Ridge last Friday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Northern Garrett Huskies lost to the Mountain Ridge Miners on the road by a 77-58 margin. The Huskies were down 65-39 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Leading Mountain Ridge to victory were Ian Duncan and Cameron Breighner. Duncan almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine boards, while Breighner went 8 of 10 en route to 21 points. Duncan is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Lauder, who posted nine points.

Northern Garrett has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-5 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.5 points per game. As for Mountain Ridge, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-6.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Northern Garrett has already played their next game (against Meyersdale), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mountain Ridge has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Allegany.