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| 01/13/24 - Home | 58-41 W |
| 01/07/23 - Away | 72-45 W |
| 01/08/22 - Home | 52-38 W |
| 01/29/21 - Away | 36-44 L |
| 01/31/20 - Home | 59-56 W |
| + 5 more games |
River Ridge is 8-2 against Mitchell since December of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The River Ridge Royal Knights will face off against the Mitchell Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
River Ridge is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Land O' Lakes: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that River Ridge blew Land O' Lakes out of the water with a 54-26 final score. The Royal Knights pushed the score to 41-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Gators had little chance of recovering from.
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 Mitchell on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew East Lake out of the water with a 70-25 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 52-19.
River Ridge better focus on containing Kaylana Little and Brianna Coure as the pair were huge in Mitchell's win. Little went 7 of 12 on her way to 14 points along with five assists and five steals, while Coure posted ten points in addition to eight assists and eight steals. Coure is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 12 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Malaya Hunter, who had nine points along with five boards and three steals.
River Ridge pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.2 points. As for Mitchell, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
River Ridge strolled past Mitchell when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a score of 58-41. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Ridge since the team 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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