The Countryside Cougars will venture away from home to take on the River Ridge Royal Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Countryside is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Dunedin: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Cougars blew the Falcons out of the water with a 69-37 final score. The win continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Falcons: they've now won four in a row.
Julia Smith had an outrageously good game as she shot 5-for-7 from deep and almost dropped a double-double with 21 points and nine boards. What's more, she also posted a 71% three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest she's achieved since back in December of 2024. 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.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led River Ridge over Anclote in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. 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. With the Royal Knights ahead 55-2 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Countryside better focus on containing Karsyn Miller and Isabella Muir as the pair were huge in River Ridge's win. Miller dropped a double-double with 20 points and ten steals, while Muir shot 57% from the field to rack up 21 points and eight steals. Muir is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Gabrielle Andrews was another key player, going 6-for-11 on her way to 13 points and three steals.
River Ridge now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Countryside, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Countryside didn't have too much breathing room in their game against River Ridge in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 44-40 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Royal Knights' Lauren Lee, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards. Now that she won't be playing on Monday, will it be easier for the Cougars to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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