Basketball Preview: Prairie View Thunderhawks vs. Ponderosa Mustangs
The Prairie View Thunderhawks will take on the Ponderosa Mustangs in a tournament on Monday. Hopefully Prairie View focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 12 on Saturday.
Prairie View is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Cherry Creek on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Prairie View was dealt a 67-37 defeat at the hands of Cherry Creek. The Thunderhawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Javon Brewton put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 14 points in addition to two steals. That was a full 37.8% of Prairie View's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. Kehinde Ojowa was another key player, earning eight points in addition to five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Ponderosa came up short against Frederick on Saturday and fell 70-58.
Prairie View's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Ponderosa, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Prairie View was dealt a bruising 83-52 loss at the hands of Ponderosa in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. Can Prairie View avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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