Basketball Game Preview: Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans vs. Saluda Tigers

Ridge Spring-Monetta hasn't had much luck against Saluda recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Saluda Tigers at 6:15 p.m. Ridge Spring-Monetta will be strutting in after a victory while Saluda will be coming in after a loss.

Ridge Spring-Monetta is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Blackville-Hilda on Tuesday as Ridge Spring-Monetta made off with a 67-42 win. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Trojans had established a 23 point advantage.

Ridge Spring-Monetta's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Taylah Leaphart led the charge by going 13 for 16 on her way to 28 points. With that strong performance, Leaphart is now averaging an impressive 15.6 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Ny'Asia Young, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 boards.

Ridge Spring-Monetta was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.

Meanwhile, Saluda was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 50-46 to Newberry. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Saluda's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Ridge Spring-Monetta, their victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-3.

Ridge Spring-Monetta ended up a good deal behind Saluda in their previous meeting on December 2nd, losing 59-42. Can Ridge Spring-Monetta avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.