River Ridge hasn't had much luck against Gig Harbor recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The River Ridge Hawks will venture away from home to face off against the Gig Harbor Tides at 7:00 p.m. River Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.3 points per game this season.
Gig Harbor will be up against a hot River Ridge squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. River Ridge walked away with a 69-61 win over Lincoln on Wednesday. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Abes are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/15/25 vs Lincoln | 5 |
| 01/13/25 vs Capital | 3 |
| 01/10/25 @ Central Kitsap | 9 |
| 01/08/25 @ North Thurston | 5 |
| 01/03/25 @ Black Hills | 6 |
River Ridge can attribute much of their success to Brandi Stanford, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten assists, and Mya Armstrong, who went 7 of 13 on her way to 18 points and six steals. Stanford is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least three every time she's taken the court this season. Jayla Cavalier was another key player, going 5 for 9 en route to 14 points and three steals.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Gig Harbor's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell 47-36 to Peninsula.
Gig Harbor's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6. As for River Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
River Ridge was taken down by Gig Harbor 60-22 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point River Ridge was down 31-9.
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