Recap: Rock Hills Grizzlies vs. Thunder Ridge Longhorns
The Rock Hills Grizzlies waltzed into their matchup on Friday with four straight wins but they left with five. They secured a 44-39 W over Thunder Ridge. For Rock Hills, this counts as revenge for the 41-27 defeat Thunder Ridge walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2023.
Leading Rock Hills to victory were Halle Mizner and Bethany Simmelink. Mizner scored 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals, while Simmelink scored 24 points along with six assists and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Simmelink has scored all season.
Thunder Ridge's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kamryn Rietzke, who scored 15 points along with two steals, and Mckylie Carlson who scored nine points.
Rock Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Thunder Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-6.
Rock Hills will be playing in front of their home fans against Osborne on Tuesday. Osborne knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past three matches -- so hopefully Rock Hills likes a good challenge. As for Thunder Ridge, they will head out on the road to face off against Pike Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pike Valley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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