Basketball Game Preview: Fort Hill Sentinels vs. Mountain Ridge Miners

Fort Hill is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Mountain Ridge is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Fort Hill Sentinels will welcome the Mountain Ridge Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Monday, Fort Hill escaped with a win against Southern by the margin of a single free throw, 57-56.

Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge was fully in charge on Wednesday, breezing past Clear Spring 85-48. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Miners had established a 26 point advantage.

Mountain Ridge's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Fort Hill, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.

Fort Hill strolled past Mountain Ridge in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 64-49. Will Fort Hill repeat their success, or does Mountain Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.