The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls will take on the Myers Park Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Hickory Ridge focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up nine on Tuesday.
Hickory Ridge is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Independence: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hickory Ridge blew Independence out of the water with a 61-6 final score. The Ragin' Bulls pushed the score to 54-4 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots had no chance of recovering from.
Hickory Ridge relied on the efforts of Ma-Kaela Gidney, who went 8 for 13 en route to 23 points plus eight steals, and Amya Leathers, who went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Leathers a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Another player making a difference was Anjana Juarez, who earned five points in addition to six steals.
Meanwhile, Myers Park had to hit the road for their first game and it wasn't the result they were hoping for. They fell 52-40 to Hough on Tuesday.
Hickory Ridge came up short against Myers Park in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 40-30. Can Hickory Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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