Scales Mound posted their closest win since January 9th on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-62 victory over the River Ridge Wildcats. The Hornets have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.
Derrick Distler was his usual excellent self, going 9 for 15 on his way to 26 points. Aidan Soppe was another key player, going 6 of 9 en route to 17 points.
Despite the loss, River Ridge still got an impressive performance from Joe Winter, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 12 rebounds. Winter's evening made it 11 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Damon Dittmar, who went 6 for 13 on his way to 16 points and four steals.
The win got Scales Mound back to even at 12-12. As for River Ridge, they dropped their record down to 9-13 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Scales Mound didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 65-46 victory against Polo on the 31st. River Ridge has also already played their next match, a 52-47 win against Galena on the 31st.
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