The Ridgeway Roadrunners will be playing at home against the Covington Chargers on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ridgeway has 15 straight victories, Covington has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Ridgeway gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Everything went their way against Melrose as Ridgeway made off with a 78-54 win. Given Ridgeway's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Melrose is ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brian Carter Jr. continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points along with four blocks and two steals. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 18 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Marlon Mcshane, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Covington fought the good fight in their overtime match against Millington Central on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Trojans 76-72. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Ridgeway has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Covington, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost ten of their last 11 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-21 record this season.
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