Basketball Recap: Centaurus Falls Despite Big Games from Jt Falzone and Nick Jones

After flying high against Summit last Saturday, Centaurus came back down to earth. The Centaurus Warriors came up short against the Holy Family Tigers on Wednesday, falling 67-43. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Tigers are ranked 49th).

Jt Falzone

Field Goal Percentage

02/05/25 @ Holy Family	63%
02/01/25 @ Summit	50%
01/28/25 vs Silver Creek	100%

Centaurus' loss came despite strong showings from Nick Jones and Jt Falzone. Jones went 7 for 9 en route to 14 points, while Falzone went 5 of 8 on his way to 13 points. Falzone is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Sam Esposito, who posted seven points.

Leading Holy Family to victory were Matthew Evans and Matthew Napierkowski. Evans went 8 for 15 to rack up 20 points, while Napierkowski went 5 of 6 on his way to 13 points and six rebounds. Evans continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Roman Elliott was another key player, putting up seven points.

Centaurus' loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Holy Family, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-6.

Coming up, Centaurus will be playing at home against Horizon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Horizon knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matchups -- so hopefully Centaurus likes a good challenge. As for Holy Family, they will venture away from home to face off against Longmont at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Holy Family is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.8 points per game this season.