Austin Wellman scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds on the clock as the Spudders beat the visiting Lumberjacks.
R.A. Long had several chances to tie or win the game, but those shots did not fall.
Ridgefield led by eight points in the fourth quarter before R.A. Long’s defensive pressure helped the Lumberjacks pull even.
Wellman’s winning basket was from about 4 feet.
Louden Wardius led Ridgefield (5-7, 2-3 2A GSHL) with 15 points and Travis Gottsch scored 11. Wardius scored eight points in the second quarter, when the Spudders outscored the Lumberjacks 18-9 to take a five-point halftime lead.
Payton Miller scored 13 points and Lamar Swagerty 12 for R.A. Long (5-1, 1-3).
RIDGEFIELD 51, R.A. LONG 49
R.A. LONG — Payton Miller 13, Tyrick Lewis-Clark 6, Lamar Swagerty 12, Keoni Mawae 3, Ian Mendiola 4, Hunter Jones 4, Cameron Hart 2, Conner Wallace 5, Delmontie Newton 0, Owen Bertram 0. Totals 17 (2) 13-18 49.
RIDGEFIELD — Tim Radosevich 0, Travis Gottsch 11, Robert Rybar 2, Colin Stakup 0, Logan Moses 8, Noah Couch 2, Austin Wellman 6, Austin Dahaan 1, Louden Wardius 15, J.D. Wolniewicz 6. Totals 16 (6) 13-17 51.
R.A. Long 14 9 13 13—49
Ridgefield 10 18 13 10—51
JV — R.A. Long won. C — R.A. Long won.
