Mountain Ridge hasn't had much luck against O'Connor recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will challenge the O'Connor Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Mountain Ridge took a blow against Pinnacle, falling 77-26. While losing is never fun, the Mountain Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Pioneers are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, O'Connor came tearing into Thursday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Huskies by a score of 59-47.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 6-14. As for O'Connor, they pushed their record up to 12-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Mountain Ridge was dealt a bruising 80-35 defeat at the hands of O'Connor when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Mountain Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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