The Mount Tahoma T-Birds will take on the River Ridge Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Mount Tahoma is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Friday. They snuck past Bonney Lake with a 74-69 victory.
Meanwhile, River Ridge hadn't done well against Clover Park recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. River Ridge breezed by Clover Park to the tune of 79-46. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-21.
Dominique Harper and Ryzen Nunez were among the main playmakers for River Ridge as the former dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds and the latter went 8 for 12 en route to 16 points plus eight rebounds and two blocks. What's more, Harper also posted a 82% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Joaquin Garcia, who went 5 for 11 en route to 14 points plus two steals.
River Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
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