Walnut Ridge has gone a perfect 10-0 against Briggs recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Scots will square off against the Bruins at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Walnut Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to West for the full four quarters, racking up a 77-12 win. The Scots pushed the score to 61-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cowboys had no chance of recovering from.
Deja Briggs
| 12/09/25 vs West | 6 |
| 12/03/25 vs Marion-Franklin | 4 |
| 12/05/25 @ Independence | 2 |
| 01/07/25 @ Independence | 2 |
| 12/28/24 vs Colerain | 2 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Walnut Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Deja Briggs, who shot 47% from the field en route to 19 points along with seven assists and six steals. Those six steals gave Briggs a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of J'Khyla Foster, who went 10-for-16 to rack up 22 points in addition to five assists and five steals.
Walnut Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 14 offensive boards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Briggs hadn't done well against Independence recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Bruins simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the 76ers 68-31. Surprisingly, this marked the Bruins' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Walnut Ridge's record is now 3-1. As for Briggs, their record now sits at 5-1.
Walnut Ridge beat Briggs 42-32 when the teams last played back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Bruins' Mali Woods-Laws, who dropped a double-double with 22 points and 13 boards. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Scots still be able to contain Woods-Laws? There's only one way to find out.
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