A well-balanced attack led Hickory Ridge over Independence in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls blew the Independence Patriots out of the water with a 61-6 final score. The Ragin' Bulls pushed the score to 54-4 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots had no chance of recovering from.
Hickory Ridge was led to victory by Ma-Kaela Gidney and Amya Leathers. Gidney went 8 for 13 en route to 23 points plus eight steals, while Leathers went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Leathers a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Anjana Juarez was another key player, scoring five points along with six steals.
The victory made it two in a row for Hickory Ridge and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Hickory Ridge will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Myers Park at 5:30 p.m. Independence has already played their next contest, a 66-14 loss against Weddington on the 20th.
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