Ravens come back to win

Published 12:00 am Saturday, January 18, 2014

Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinRidgeview’s Shae Wilcox (12) drives the ball to the basket to score during the first quarter against Mountain View on Friday night in Redmond.

REDMOND — Ridgeview overcame a sluggish start to defeat Mountain View 46-42 in an Intermountain Hybrid girls basketball game Friday night at Ridgeview High School.

Chloe Ross led the Ravens with 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Mattie Watt added seven points and nine rebounds as Ridgeview improved to 7-5 overall on the season.

Emma Platner paced Mountain View with 18 points and Hailey Goetz added nine points for the Cougars (3-8).

Ravens coach Randi Davis said her team looked tired to start the game.

“We gave Platner too much space,” Davis said. “We tightened our defense and just started chipping away and taking better care of the ball. We came together in the second half and we relied on a lot of different people.”

Mountain View led 31-24 at halftime, but sloppy play hurt the Cougars as the Ravens rallied in the second half behind the 6-foot-3-inch Ross.

The Cougars committed 24 turnovers in the game.

“The first half we played pretty well, but we just turned the ball over too many times in the second half,” said Mountain View coach Steve Riper. “We didn’t shoot very well either. It got down to the end and we couldn’t hit a shot. We just ran out of time and ran out of gas.”

Riper added that Ross was difficult to guard, as the tallest Cougar player is 5-10.

Ridgeview plays at Crook County on Tuesday night, while Mountain View hosts Summit.

Marketplace