Basketball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Mineral Ridge's Sixth in Last Eight Outings

Mineral Ridge extended their home winning streak to four games thanks to a huge performance from Chase Moore. The Mineral Ridge Rams enjoyed a cozy 48-34 win over the Western Reserve Blue Devils on Tuesday thanks to Moore, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. He has been hot, having posted eight or more boards the last seven times he's played.

Blake Basista

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

02/11/25 vs Western Reserve	67%
12/27/24 @ Champion	60%
02/08/25 @ McDonald	57%
01/09/25 @ Western Reserve	45%
02/07/25 @ Memorial	40%

The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Basista, who posted 11 points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in shooting accuracy (67%).

Mineral Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 35.2% in those games and 25.6% outside of them. As for Western Reserve, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.

Mineral Ridge wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 64-45 victory against Windham on the 12th. As for Western Reserve, they have also already played their next contest, a 51-49 defeat against Springfield on the 13th.