Basketball Preview: Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions vs. Sunnyside Blue Devils
The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Sunnyside Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Ridge has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Mountain Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Shadow Ridge for the full four quarters, racking up a 101-72 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Mountain Lions have posted since January 4th.
Jaiden Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 11 for 22 en route to 31 points plus eight blocks and seven assists. His evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Ebrahema Jaiteh ? Kabba, who went 7 for 12 en route to 18 points.
Mountain Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sunnyside, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They walked away with a 60-53 victory over Nogales on Tuesday.
Mountain Ridge's win ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Sunnyside, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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