The Green Mountain Rams fought the good fight in their overtime contest against the Riverdale Ridge Ravens on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Ravens by a score of 63-61. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Green Mountain still got an impressive performance from Austin Beeson, who scored 14 points along with 4 steals. Another player making a difference was Blake Weslin, who scored 11 points along with 7 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Green Mountain were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverdale Ridge only pulled down eight.
Riverdale Ridge can attribute much of their success to Marcus D mcfadden, who scored 18 points. Marcus Hinh was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Green Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Riverdale Ridge, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Green Mountain will be playing at home against Thomas Jefferson at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Thomas Jefferson focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Friday. Riverdale Ridge will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Palmer at 5:00 p.m. on December 2nd.
