Ridgeland lost against Adairsville back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Ridgeland Panthers were dealt a 73-33 defeat at the hands of the Adairsville Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 490th, while the Tigers are ranked 191st).
TJ Foster
| 01/31/25 vs Adairsville | 2 |
| 01/28/25 @ Northwest Whitfield | 2 |
| 01/24/25 vs Heritage | 3 |
Ridgeland's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was TJ Foster, who posted nine points. Foster has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last three times he's played. Isaac Mitchell was another key player, putting up five points and six rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Adairsville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Benjamin A Abernathy, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 17 boards. The dominant performance gave A Abernathy a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Tre Winters, who had 19 points along with seven assists and five boards.
Ridgeland has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-17 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.7 points per game. As for Adairsville, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-8.
Ridgeland has already played their next matchup, a 63-26 win against Southeast Whitfield County on the 1st. As for Adairsville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 76-69 victory against Heritage on the 1st.
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