Basketball Game Preview: Stall Warriors vs. Ashley Ridge Swamp Foxes

The Stall Warriors will take on the Ashley Ridge Swamp Foxes at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Stall will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They took a blow against Summerville, falling 83-27. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Green Wave recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Meanwhile, Ashley Ridge came tearing into Friday's contest with 14 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 56-49 victory over the Patriots. Given the Swamp Foxes' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Patriots are ranked 85th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Stall better keep an eye on Skyla Tuthill. She was instrumental in Ashley Ridge's win, putting up 27 points. The game was Tuthill's 16th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Katie Johnson, who posted eight points and six rebounds.

Ashley Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.

Ashley Ridge pushed their record up to 15-1 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.9 points per game. As for Stall, they now have a losing record at 6-7.

Stall might still be hurting after the 60-37 defeat they got from Ashley Ridge when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Stall avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.