After a string of four wins, the Ridgeland Panthers's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a serious blow against Boyd-Buchanan, falling 70-34. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Ridgeland has scored all season.
Loss or not, Ridgeland got some senior leadership from John Hill who scored 15 points and Anthony Baldwin who scored seven points along with nine rebounds. Hill scored a full 44.1% of Ridgeland's points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Ridgeland struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Ridgeland's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Boyd-Buchanan, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Ridgeland and Heritage will face off at 5:30 p.m. on December 22nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Boyd-Buchanan and Soddy Daisy will face off at 8:30 p.m. on December 22nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Soddy Daisy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Tennessee Rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while Boyd-Buchanan is ranked 113th).
