After flying high against West Florence on Friday, Ridge View came back down to earth. The Ridge View Blazers fell 59-46 to the Blythewood Bengals on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Blazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Bengals are ranked fourth).
Anasia Harvey
| 02/08/25 @ Blythewood | 50% |
| 02/07/25 vs West Florence | 60% |
| 02/04/25 @ Lugoff-Elgin | 73% |
| 01/31/25 vs Spring Valley | 57% |
Anasia Harvey and Janiya Carter certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Harvey posted 14 points and eight boards, while Carter put up three points in addition to five assists and three steals. Harvey is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as she's posted one of at least 50% in the last four games she's played.
Even though they lost, Ridge View smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in four consecutive contests.
Chase Thomas was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 29 points and 12 rebounds for Blythewood. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayley Hightower, who earned nine points and three steals.
Ridge View's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 16-8. As for Blythewood, the win was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-1.
Ridge View didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 66-37 victory against Sumter on the 11th. As for Blythewood, they will challenge Ridge View at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Ridge View is on a five-game streak of home wins, Blythewood a ten-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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