The Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] Spartans suffered their biggest defeat since November 24, 2023 on Tuesday. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 72-49 walloping at the hands of Mercer County. Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] has struggled against Mercer County recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Garrett Vincent, who scored 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashtin Staley, who scored 13 points.
Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] has not been sharp recently, as they've lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-14 record this season. As for Mercer County, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 15-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Galva at 7:30 p.m. on February 5th. As for Mercer County, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Morrison at 5:00 p.m. Morrison will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 460th, while Mercer County is ranked 191st).
