Mountain Lions
| 02/07/25 vs Boulder Creek | 42 |
| 02/04/25 vs Liberty | 39 |
| 01/31/25 vs O'Connor | 58 |
| 01/28/25 vs Pinnacle | 49 |
| 01/24/25 @ Pinnacle | 74 |
| + 19 more games |
Mountain Ridge hasn't had much luck against O'Connor recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will head out on the road to challenge the O'Connor Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.7 points per game this season.
Mountain Ridge is headed into Wednesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Friday. They were beaten by Boulder Creek 72-42. While losing is never fun, the Mountain Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Jaguars are ranked fourth).
The losing side was boosted by Jaiden Thompson, who posted 19 points. Another player making a difference was Kellen Wilkinson, who put up five points.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for O'Connor on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Pinnacle out of the water with a 74-47 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 55-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pioneers had little chance of recovering from.
O'Connor's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-8. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.3 points. As for Mountain Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-15.
Mountain Ridge took a serious blow against O'Connor in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 87-58. Can Mountain Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
