The Mountain Ridge Miners will head out on the road to take on the Southern Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, Mountain Ridge came up short against Berlin Brothersvalley and fell 68-60.
Mountain Ridge's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Owen McGeady, who scored 18 points along with five assists and two steals, and Ian Duncan who scored 14 points along with six rebounds and three steals. McGeady is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Patterson, who scored 12 points.
Meanwhile, Southern waltzed into their contest on Friday with five straight wins but they left with six. They put the hurt on Northern with a sharp 60-34 victory.
Noah Wilt was a one-man wrecking crew for Southern as he scored 19 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Isaiah Keller was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with three steals.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Southern, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Mountain Ridge hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 56.1 points per game. However, it's not like Southern struggles in that department as they've been averaging 56.8 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Mountain Ridge skirted past Southern 50-47 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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