Marvin Ridge lost against Weddington back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Marvin Ridge Mavericks took a hard 70-54 fall against the Weddington Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Warriors are ranked 58th).
Despite the loss, Marvin Ridge still got an impressive performance from Henry Smith, who went 7 for 10 on his way to 19 points. That was a full 35.2% of Marvin Ridge's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Wyatt Haines was another key player, putting up seven points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Weddington to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Zepp, who went 6 of 12 en route to 18 points and six boards. Those 18 points gave Zepp a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of KJ Younger, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds.
Marvin Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Weddington, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Marvin Ridge has already played their next contest (against Porter Ridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Weddington is taking a road trip to challenge Cuthbertson at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Weddington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.3 points per game this season.
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