Recap: Centennial Rams vs. Cotopaxi Pirates
The Centennial Rams's 14-7 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They fell to Cotopaxi 48-42. Centennial has struggled against Cotopaxi recently, as their match on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Centennial still got an impressive performance from Devon Vigil, who scored 21 points along with six steals. That's the first time this season that Vigil scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Martin Navarro, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds.
Cotopaxi's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Terrance Evans led the charge by scoring 18 points along with nine rebounds and three steals. Evans is absolutely dominating the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Joel Tezak was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Centennial's loss was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 2-4. As for Cotopaxi, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Centennial will be playing in front of their home fans against Trinidad at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Trinidad comes in still looking for their first win of the season. As for Cotopaxi, they will head out on the road to face off against Del Norte at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Del Norte focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Friday.
