Vista Ridge hasn't had much luck against Doherty recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Vista Ridge Wolves will look to defend their home court against the Doherty Spartans at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Vista Ridge will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Pine Creek, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Vista Ridge secured a 64-58 W over Pine Creek on Friday.
Meanwhile, Doherty waltzed into their game on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 75-48 win over the Trojans. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-17.
Doherty had a senior duo take command as Maddox Dee-Mortensen went 7-for-16 en route to 18 points and five rebounds and Elijah Mack went 5-for-8 on his way to 14 points. Dee-Mortensen's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Syron Odie, who posted 11 points.
Doherty smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in four consecutive games.
Doherty's victory bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Vista Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 7-13.
Vista Ridge was taken down by Doherty 78-43 in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mack, who went 9-for-14 to rack up 22 points along with eight boards and five assists. Now that Vista Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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