Marvin Ridge is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Weddington is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Marvin Ridge Mavericks will welcome the Weddington Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Marvin Ridge knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Weddington likes a good challenge.
Marvin Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Wednesday with ease, bagging an 88-45 win over Cuthbertson. The Mavericks haven't had any issues with the Cavaliers recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Weddington slipped by Porter Ridge 61-60 on Tuesday.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Caroline Clark and Ashanti Taylor. Clark had a solid game and went 7-for-15 to rack up 19 points. Meanwhile, Taylor was balling out in the loss, going 10-for-23 on her way to 29 points in addition to eight boards and six steals.
Weddington is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 37.7% in those games and 29.3% outside of them. As for Marvin Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 18-5.
Marvin Ridge strolled past Weddington in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 66-52. Will Marvin Ridge repeat their success, or does Weddington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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