REWIND: Boulder Creek comes back to win on the road at Mtn Ridge

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I watched the replay of the Jan 20th match-up of 6A&nbsp;<strong>Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions</strong>&nbsp;hosting the 6A&nbsp;<strong>Boulder Creek Jaguars</strong>. Both teams will miss the playoffs but have some possible future pieces to get them back potentially next season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Boulder Creek ended up winning a tight one&nbsp;<strong>68-60</strong>&nbsp;in their region battle and they were down heading into the 4th quarter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Here were some standouts</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All stats are unofficial </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1323296' first='Matt' last='Delgado'] Boulder Creek (Pictured)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A wing forward who has a lot on his plate this year. He plays and defends multiple positions and will score with crow hops, fall aways in the paint. dunks with two feet, catch threes in the corner (hit a clutch one under a minute), coast to coast with his left or right hand and takes contact well inside.&nbsp;He finished with 22 points and 5+ rebounds.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1680842' first='Noah' last='Van Fredenberg'] Boulder Creek</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A long and leaner wing forward or bigger guard who can play the 2-4 for the team with his length. He can score with threes off the catch, runners, floaters, left or right hand layup after a steal and go coast to coast.&nbsp;He is a sneaky good passer and scored 10 points.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2640547' first='Christian' last='Brown'] Boulder Creek</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A defensive point forward type. He is an inside and out threat who can stretch the floor. He will score with dunks on the break, as he is an improving athlete, reverse layups with either hand, runners and he has next level feel and court vision. He finished with 8 points and 4+ assists.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2412235' first='Matthew' last='Clark'] Boulder Creek</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A scoring point guard has grown maybe two inches since my last viewing of him. He can fill it up with downhill takes and reverse layups with either hand, cuts off the ball, hesitation moves into the paint, transition scores and threes off the catch.&nbsp;He finished with 15 points.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='3479598' first='Dylan' last='Donovan'] Mountain Ridge</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The standout of the night for the Mountain Lions was clearly Donovan. He scored it with sharp mid-range pull-ups, blow by's with either hand, smartly plays off two feet and will rise up from mid-range, threes off the catch and he scored a game high 24 points.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='3166024' first='Brody' last='Booher'] Mountain Ridge</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A scoring guard who is having a bigger and bigger role as the season goes on. He will score it with layups in transition, threes off the catch, dribble drives to the basket and collect steals with some toughness. He scored 9 points.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='3173437' first='Maven' last='Beadle'] Mountain Ridge</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A decent sized shooting guard did a little bit of everything for his team. He is a good lob passer with some feel for the game. He will score with blow by layups, score with and-1's off a sharp cut to the basket, he has a pretty three point stroke in the corner and he is an aggressive rebounder. He scored 9 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2674196' first='Kaleb' last='Bowen'] Mountain Ridge </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A bigger wing forward has a lot of size to work with and skill. He will score with fall aways with players draped all over him, threes off the catch and he will give a hard ball fake and go the basket or find a teammate for an assist. He rebounds well in his area and will block shots. He finished with 7 points and 5 rebounds.  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->