Two dominant guards in Kya Newton and Faythe Stauffer are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will be playing at home against the Riverton Silverwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Corner Canyon, who was ranked 24th at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 19th). Mountain Ridge slipped by Corner Canyon 60-59 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sentinels.
Meanwhile, Riverton's game on Tuesday was all tied up 15-15 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 43-42 win over Copper Hills.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 13-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points per game. As for Riverton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Mountain Ridge strolled past Riverton when the teams last played back in January by a score of 56-40. Does Mountain Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Riverton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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