Having just played yesterday, the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will jump right back in to play the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Ridge knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matches -- so hopefully Desert Ridge likes a good challenge.
Mountain Ridge picked up another tournament win on Thursday. They secured a 64-58 W over Steele Canyon. Given the Mountain Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 102nd in Arizona, while the Cougars are ranked 537th in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dylan Donovan, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Thompson, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 16 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Desert Ridge). Everything went their way against Skyline back in December of 2024 as Desert Ridge made off with a 72-51 win.
Mountain Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Desert Ridge, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Mountain Ridge beat Desert Ridge 55-46 when the teams last played back in December of 2016. Will Mountain Ridge repeat their success, or does Desert Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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