The Ridge Red Devil will venture away from home to challenge the Bernards Mountaineers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Ridge will be strutting in after a victory while Bernards will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, Ridge strolled past Bridgewater-Raritan with points to spare, taking the game 51-36. Given the Red Devil's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Panthers are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 68 points the game before, Bernards was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. The matchup between them and Delaware Valley didn't end well, with Bernards falling 41-26. The defeat continues a trend for the Mountaineers in their matchups with the Terriers: they've now lost four in a row.
Ridge's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Bernards, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
Ridge strolled past Bernards in their previous meeting back in February of 2022 by a score of 63-44. Will Ridge repeat their success, or does Bernards have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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