The Pingry School lost against Ridge back in January of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pingry School Big Blue were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the Ridge Red Devil. While losing is never fun, the Big Blue can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Red Devil are ranked fourth).
The Pingry School's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Neel Sappidi, who went 7 of 11 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Rust, who posted eight points.
The Pingry School dropped their record down to 2-4 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
The Pingry School will welcome Bridgewater-Raritan at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The Pingry School is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season. As for Ridge, they will head out to square off against Immaculata at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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