The Hamilton Wildcats will be playing at home against the Ridgeway Roadrunners at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests.
Even though Power Center Academy scored an imposing 64 points on Tuesday, Hamilton still came out on top. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, Hamilton made off with a 65-64 victory over Power Center Academy.
Devan McGee continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Rodney Mcneal, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Ridgeway had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.2 points), and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They walked away with a 74-61 victory over Melrose. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Hamilton's win bumped their record up to 8-11. As for Ridgeway, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Hamilton suffered a grim 75-53 defeat to Ridgeway in their previous matchup on January 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ridgeway's Brian Carter, Jr., who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds and six assists. Now that Hamilton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
