The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Cimarron-Memorial Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Shadow Ridge had to suffer through a 88-43 loss at the hands of Centennial. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Cimarron-Memorial had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They snuck past the Vikings with a 68-62 win.
Shadow Ridge better keep an eye on Gerald Patterson. He was instrumental in Cimarron-Memorial's win, going 10 for 20 on his way to 27 points and six rebounds. Patterson's evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Terrence Mitchell, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 12 points and eight rebounds.
Cimarron-Memorial smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in six consecutive games.
Cimarron-Memorial pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for Shadow Ridge, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Shadow Ridge couldn't quite finish off Cimarron-Memorial in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 and fell 55-52. Can Shadow Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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