The ThunderRidge Grizzlies are taking a road trip to face off against the Overland Trailblazers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (ThunderRidge has four straight wins, Overland has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
ThunderRidge and Cherry Creek faced off in a Battle of the Bears on Friday. ThunderRidge walked away with a 68-56 victory over Cherry Creek. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Bruins are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
ThunderRidge's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Drew Paine, who almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds, and Blake Cremeen, who went 6 of 7 from beyond the arc on his way to 19 points. Cremeen is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kael Carney, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, Overland came up short against Regis Jesuit on Wednesday and fell 80-67.
ThunderRidge's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Overland, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
ThunderRidge was able to grind out a solid victory over Overland when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 68-59. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Overland's Siraaj Ali, who went 8 of 17 on his way to 21 points and seven rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will ThunderRidge still be able to contain Ali? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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