Basketball Recap: Mountain Ridge Takes Down Allegany in a Playoff Battle

Miners

Margin (Wins)

01/10/25 @ Bishop Walsh	73
02/07/25 vs Bishop Walsh	52
02/22/25 vs Keyser	39
01/29/25 @ Clear Spring	37
01/17/25 @ Northern Garrett	34

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mountain Ridge had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 77-57 margin over the Allegany Campers. The Miners have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 20 points or more this season.

Leading Mountain Ridge to victory were Cameron Breighner and Eli Sibley. Breighner dropped a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Sibley dropped a double-double with 15 points and ten boards. That's the most rebounds Breighner has posted since back in January. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen McGeady, who scored ten points and seven assists.

Mountain Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They are 14-2 when they've passed the ball that well.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Mountain Ridge, bringing their record for this year to 14-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points over those games. As for Allegany, they dropped their record down to 11-13 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.

Coming up, Mountain Ridge will venture away from home to face off against Fort Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Ridge will be up against Fort Hill's rather soft defense (which has allowed 55.57 points per match), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. Allegany does not have any more games scheduled as of now.