The River Ridge Royal Knights will square off against the Countryside Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
River Ridge is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Anclote: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Royal Knights blew the Sharks out of the water with a 78-10 final score. The Royal Knights have beaten the Sharks the last seven times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Sharks has come to flipping the script.
Karsyn Miller
| 11/21/25 @ Anclote | 20 |
| 11/20/25 vs Cypress Creek | 13 |
| 12/30/24 vs Morristown-Hamblen East | 11 |
| 01/03/25 vs Lecanto | 10 |
| 12/10/24 vs Anclote | 10 |
Karsyn Miller and Isabella Muir were among the main playmakers for River Ridge as the former dropped a double-double with 20 points and ten steals and the latter went 8-for-14 to rack up 21 points and eight steals. Those 20 points gave Miller a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabrielle Andrews, who shot 55% from the field on her way to 13 points and three steals.
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 Countryside on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Dunedin out of the water with a 69-37 final score.
River Ridge better keep an eye on Julia Smith. She was instrumental in Countryside's win, shooting 5-for-7 from deep and almost dropping a double-double with 21 points and nine boards. Another player making a difference was Samantha Fernandez, who went 8-for-15 en route to 16 points and five rebounds.
Countryside was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. They racked up 14 more assists than Dunedin's also-impressive total of 11.
The victory got Countryside back to even at 1-1. As for River Ridge, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
River Ridge came up short against Countryside in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 44-40. Can the Royal Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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