Basketball Game Preview: Ridgefield Tigers vs. Stamford Black Knights

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Previous Games

12/30/24 - Away	52-48 W
01/23/24 - Home	62-41 W
02/22/23 - Away	53-42 W
02/23/22 - Home	66-53 W
02/16/21 - Away	79-33 W
+ 5 more games

Ridgefield is a perfect 10-0 against Stamford since February of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Saturday. The Ridgefield Tigers will host the Stamford Black Knights at 6:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Ridgefield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Staples, who was ranked 14th at the time (Ridgefield was ranked 17th). Ridgefield fell 81-69 to Staples on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (62), the Tigers still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Stamford suffered their closest loss since February 21, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of St. Joseph by a score of 65-62. The Black Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Ridgefield's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.2 points over those games. As for Stamford, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.

Ridgefield didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Stamford when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 52-48 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Stamford's Jordan Sutton, who almost dropped a double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ridgefield still be able to contain Sutton? There's only one way to find out.