Scales Mound won the last time they faced River Ridge, and Aidan Soppe did his part to make sure it happened again. The Scales Mound Hornets came out on top against the River Ridge Wildcats by a score of 72-64 on Friday thanks to Soppe, who went 7-for-12 en route to 17 points along with eight rebounds and seven steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals.
Derrick Distler
| 02/21/25 @ River Ridge | 17 |
| 02/18/25 vs Stockton | 21 |
| 02/14/25 @ East Dubuque | 15 |
| 02/12/25 vs West Carroll | 27 |
Another player making a difference was Derrick Distler, who went 5-for-9 to rack up 17 points. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points.
Despite the loss, River Ridge still got an impressive performance from Joe Winter, who went 8-for-11 on his way to 20 points in addition to eight assists and eight boards. Winter is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as he's posted one of at least 50% in the last 11 games he's played. Damon Dittmar was another key player, going 5-for-9 en route to 15 points.
Scales Mound has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-14 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points over those games. River Ridge now has a losing record of 15-16.
Coming up, Scales Mound will take on Warren in a tournament on Monday. One thing working in Scales Mound's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. As for River Ridge, they will head out to square off against East Dubuque at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. East Dubuque will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something River Ridge surely won't give up without a fight.
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