The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will venture away from home to challenge the Corner Canyon Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.7 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Herriman as Mountain Ridge made off with a 69-46 victory. Given the Sentinels' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Mustangs are ranked 78th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
01/18/24 vs Bingham | 25 |
01/30/25 vs Herriman | 20 |
12/19/23 @ Orem | 19 |
12/09/23 vs Payson | 19 |
12/12/23 vs Cottonwood | 18 |
Jessica Maynard and Kaylee Montgomery were among the main playmakers for Mountain Ridge as the former dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten boards and the latter went 7 of 16 on her way to 19 points and seven rebounds. That's the most points Maynard has posted since back in January of 2024. Another player making a difference was Jada Jangard, who posted seven points in addition to six assists and five steals.
Mountain Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 24 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Corner Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a 68-21 loss at the hands of Copper Hills. The match marked the Chargers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Mountain Ridge's win bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Corner Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-8.
Mountain Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Corner Canyon in their previous matchup back in January, winning 56-46. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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