After flying high against Ponderosa last Tuesday, ThunderRidge came back down to earth. The ThunderRidge Grizzlies fell 39-26 to the Legend Titans on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Titans are ranked third).
Ranya Ettachfini was ThunderRidge's leading scorer, having posted ten points. Elly Daniels held things down on the boards with nine rebounds. Maily Smith took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Legend to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aislyn Korella, who posted seven points and three steals. Korella is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in each of the last eight games she's played. Another player making a difference was Maile Starns, who scored five points.
ThunderRidge now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Legend, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
ThunderRidge has already played their next match, a 48-10 win against Heritage on the 12th. As for Legend, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 74-43 victory against Rock Canyon on the 12th.
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