The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Arbor View Aggies at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shadow Ridge has five straight wins, the Aggies have three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Shadow Ridge faced the Cougars in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Shadow Ridge put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 62-41 victory. Shadow Ridge has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 20 points or more this season.
Shadow Ridge relied on the efforts of Jasmine Mata, who scored 16 points, and Zh'mya Martin, who scored 18 points. It was the first time this season that Mata scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaslyn Jefferson, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, things could have been worse for Arbor View, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 67-49 loss to the Patriots on Tuesday.
Shadow Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Arbor View, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Shadow Ridge beat the Aggies 70-63 in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shadow Ridge since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
