The Sage Ridge Scorpions lost against the Pyramid Lake Lakers last Monday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. Sage Ridge was dealt a 64-29 defeat at the hands of Pyramid Lake. While losing is never fun, Sage Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 70th, while Pyramid Lake is ranked 17th).
When it comes to explaining why Sage Ridge lost, one person who can't be blamed is Sophia Soran. Despite the final result, she dropped a triple-double on 14 points, ten rebounds, and ten steals. That was a full 48.3% of Sage Ridge's points, marking the 12th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Pyramid Lake's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Shalaya Barraza, who almost dropped a triple-double on nine points, 11 rebounds, and 12 steals. Barraza hasn't dropped below two steals for nine straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaitlin Mandell, who scored 20 points along with two steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Sage Ridge and nudges their season record down to 7-6. As for Pyramid Lake, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 20-4.
Sage Ridge will head out on the road to face off against Mineral County at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sage Ridge is facing Mineral County at the right time seeing as Mineral County is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Pyramid Lake, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Smith Valley at 6:00 p.m. Pyramid Lake is on a six-game streak of home wins, Smith Valley a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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