Hurricane is 0-4 against Ridgeline since February of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Hurricane Tigers will challenge the Ridgeline Riverhawks at 2:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hurricane sitting on five straight victories and Ridgeline on three.
Hurricane is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Murray by a score of 71-61.
RJ Hurst had a dynamite game for Hurricane, going 6-for-10 from beyond the arc to rack up 30 points. Thanks to that strong game, Hurst now owns an excellent 40.4% three-point shooting accuracy. The team also got some help courtesy of Calan Hughes, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and ten boards.
Hurricane smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, Ridgeline earned a 52-44 win over Hillcrest on Saturday. The Riverhawks pushed the score to 44-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
Ridgeline pushed their record up to 19-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Hurricane, their win bumped their record up to 15-8.
Hurricane couldn't quite finish off Ridgeline when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 65-62. Can Hurricane avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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