Spring Valley lost to Ridge View on January 7th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Vikings were dealt an 88-57 loss at the hands of the Blazers. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Blazers are ranked second).
Chris McClenic
| 01/30/26 vs Ridge View | 88% |
| 01/27/26 @ Blythewood | 17% |
| 01/23/26 vs Sumter | 100% |
| 01/20/26 vs West Florence | 56% |
| 01/16/26 @ Lugoff-Elgin | 42% |
| + 15 more games |
Despite the defeat, Spring Valley saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Chris McClenic went 7-for-8 to rack up 18 points. Thanks to that strong game, McClenic now owns an excellent 45.9% shooting accuracy. The team also got some help courtesy of Aquil Lake, who posted nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Spring Valley and nudges their season record down to 9-13. As for Ridge View, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season.
Spring Valley has already played their next game (against Westwood), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Ridge View, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Lugoff-Elgin at 7:30 p.m.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
