Basketball Recap: Crest Ridge Picks Up Fifth Straight Win on the Road

It was a proper cat-fight when Crest Ridge faced off against Orrick on Tuesday. The Crest Ridge Cougars took down the Orrick Bearcats 58-40. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Bearcats are ranked 481st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Cougars

Previous 5 Games (Away)

02/04/25 @ Orrick	58-40
01/23/25 @ Smithton	69-31
01/17/25 @ Wellington-Napoleon	53-50
01/10/25 @ Lone Jack	60-27
12/30/24 @ Putnam County	49-36

Crest Ridge pushed their record up to 15-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points over those games. As for Orrick, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-8.

Crest Ridge didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 61-46 win against Sherwood on the 6th. Orrick has also already played their next match (against Santa Fe), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.