The Mineral Ridge Rams will venture away from home to challenge the Memorial Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mineral Ridge has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.
Mineral Ridge will bounce into Friday's game after beating Springfield, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Mineral Ridge skirted past Springfield 50-47.
| 02/04/25 vs Springfield | 15 |
| 12/12/23 @ McKinley | 14 |
| 12/05/23 vs Champion | 12 |
| 01/06/25 vs Memorial | 11 |
| 01/23/24 vs McDonald | 11 |
Mineral Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Landon Bingham out in front who posted 15 points. That's the most points Bingham has posted since back in December of 2023. Another player making a difference was Derrick Hester, who put up 11 points.
Meanwhile, Memorial unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 74-73 to Jackson-Milton. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Red Devils came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 340th, while the Bluejays are ranked 685th).
Mineral Ridge will have to contain Josue Rodriguez as he made an impact in Memorial's last game. He dropped a double-double on 22 points and 14 rebounds. Demetrius Lambert Jr. was another key player, going 5 of 8 en route to 13 points and five boards.
Mineral Ridge pushed their record up to 10-7 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for Memorial, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-4.
Mineral Ridge came up short against Memorial when the teams last played back in January, falling 59-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rodriguez, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 28 points. Now that Mineral Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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