Having just played yesterday, the Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy Ravens will head out on the road to face off against the Pleasant Ridge Rams at 4:30 p.m. on February 13th. Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy is coming into the match hot, having won their last ten games.
Valley Falls typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Dragons by a score of 64-54.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Ridge ended up a good deal behind Horton on Friday and lost 46-29. While losing is never fun, Pleasant Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 325th, while Horton is ranked 127th).
Pleasant Ridge's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brady Mance, who scored eight points along with ten rebounds and four blocks, and Wyatt Gwartney who scored six points. Mance has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last five times he's played.
Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy pushed their record up to 13-3-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Pleasant Ridge, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-15 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy against Pleasant Ridge when the teams last played back in January as the team secured a 72-45 victory. Does Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pleasant Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
