The Ardrey Kell Knights entered their tilt with the Marvin Ridge Mavericks with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Ardrey Kell walked away with a 62-54 win over Marvin Ridge on Tuesday. That's another feather in the cap for Ardrey Kell, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Ardrey Kell's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Caden Caskey led the charge by scoring 24 points. The contest was Caskey's tenth in a row with at least ten points. Brett Freeman was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with six rebounds.
Ardrey Kell pushed their record up to 7-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Marvin Ridge, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-2.
Ardrey Kell will be home for the holidays to greet Berry at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Berry is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak. As for Marvin Ridge, they will head out on the road to face off against West Cabarrus at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Cabarrus will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 370th, while Marvin Ridge is ranked 91st).