The Dakota Ridge Eagles will square off against the Green Mountain Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Dakota Ridge will head into Saturday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against D'Evelyn on Saturday. Dakota Ridge simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat D'Evelyn 75-34. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Jaguars are ranked 302nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Green Mountain earned a 76-65 win over Evergreen on Saturday.
Dakota Ridge better keep an eye on Simon Lunsford. He was instrumental in Green Mountain's win, going 6 of 8 from beyond the arc en route to 41 points and eight rebounds. The game was Lunsford's fourth in a row with at least ten points. Jake Swanson was another key player, going 5 for 10 on his way to 11 points along with five boards and three steals.
Green Mountain pushed their record up to 9-8 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.5 points per game. As for Dakota Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Dakota Ridge couldn't quite finish off Green Mountain when the teams last played back in February of 2024 and fell 62-59. Can Dakota Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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