After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Boulder, Riverdale Ridge was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They pulled ahead with a 65-64 photo finish over the Mountain Range Mustangs.
01/23/25 vs Mountain Range | 18 |
01/21/25 @ Boulder | 16 |
01/16/25 vs Brighton | 23 |
01/13/25 vs Green Mountain | 17 |
01/09/25 vs Prairie View | 27 |
Dylan Nieto continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 of 18 en route to 18 points and five boards. He is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last eight games he's played. Another player making a difference was Amauri Lucero, who posted 12 points.
Mountain Range lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Preston Brunton, who went 9 for 20 on his way to 26 points and five rebounds. That was a full 40.6% of Mountain Range's points, marking the third time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. Moses West was another key player, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 14 boards.
Riverdale Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Mountain Range, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-11.
Coincidentally, Riverdale Ridge and Mountain Range will both be playing Northglenn the next time they take the court. Mountain Range will head out to face Northglenn at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, while Riverdale Ridge will head out to face them at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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