The Ridge View Blazers just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Blythewood Bengals at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Ridge View sitting on six straight victories and Blythewood on 14.
Ridge View is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing West Florence: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Ridge View blew West Florence out of the water with a 74-24 final score. The Blazers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Blythewood strolled past Sumter with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 53-34. Given the Bengals' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Gamecocks are ranked 60th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blythewood pushed their record up to 23-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.9 points over those games. As for Ridge View, their record now sits at 16-7.
Ridge View couldn't quite finish off Blythewood when the teams last played back in December of 2023 and fell 47-45. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blythewood's Chase Thomas, who went 8 of 20 en route to 23 points and three steals. Now that Ridge View knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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