Sage Ridge hasn't had much luck against Pyramid Lake recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Sage Ridge Scorpions are taking a road trip to face off against the Pyramid Lake Lakers at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sage Ridge is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Mineral County: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sage Ridge blew Mineral County out of the water with a 63-10 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-3.
Meanwhile, Pyramid Lake entered their tilt with Virginia City on Saturday with 12 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 13. They claimed a resounding 72-19 victory over the Muckers. Given the Lakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Muckers are ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sage Ridge better keep an eye on Kaitlin Mandell. She was instrumental in Pyramid Lake's win, going 9 for 19 to rack up 20 points and five steals. Mandell is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last nine games she's played. Olivia Lara was another key player, going 5 of 6 on her way to 10 points and four steals.
Pyramid Lake was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Virginia City only posted one assist.
Pyramid Lake pushed their record up to 22-5 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.4 points over those games. As for Sage Ridge, their record is now 9-7.
Sage Ridge took a serious blow against Pyramid Lake in their previous meeting last Saturday, falling 61-17. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mandell, who went 8 for 10 en route to 22 points and five assists. Now that Sage Ridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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