Two dominant guards in Jaidyn Saucedo and Isabella Webb are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will take on the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ironwood Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Sahuarita, posting a 60-30 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Nighthawks have posted since January 9th.
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain lost a heartbreaker to Catalina Foothills when they met back in December of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again last Tuesday. Mica Mountain took a 70-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of Catalina Foothills. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (58), the Thunderbolts still had to take the loss.
Ironwood Ridge will need to focus on slowing down Amaris Biancuzzo, one of several Mica Mountain players who made an impact when they last played. She dropped a double-double with 19 points and 21 boards. Those 21 rebounds gave Biancuzzo a new career-high. Webb was another key player, putting up 14 points and six steals.
Even though they lost, Mica Mountain smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in three consecutive matchups.
The win made it two in a row for Ironwood Ridge and bumps their season record up to 12-16. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points over those games. As for Mica Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-8.
Things could have been worse for Ironwood Ridge, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 55-41 loss to Mica Mountain in their previous meeting on February 7th. Can Ironwood Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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