Basketball Recap: Sophie Husk and Juliet Slater Secure Win for Erie

By Team Reports Feb 22, 2025, 8:27am

Basketball Recap: Erie Tigers vs. Centaurus Warriors

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Erie won the last time they faced Centaurus and things went their way on Thursday too. The Erie Tigers blew past the Centaurus Warriors 49-29. The Tigers pushed the score to 43-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.

Sophie Husk

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

02/13/25 vs Centaurus55%
01/31/25 vs Legacy50%
12/14/24 @ Mead50%
12/12/24 vs Poudre43%
02/04/25 @ Frederick42%

Leading Erie to victory were Juliet Slater and Sophie Husk. Slater almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine steals, while Husk went 6-for-11 en route to 17 points. The dominant performance also gave Husk a new career-high in field goal percentage (55%). Tegan Cerveny was another key player, putting up four points and six rebounds.

Erie smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in five consecutive games.

Despite the loss, Centaurus still got an impressive performance from Ingrid Lorton, who posted ten points and five boards. That was a full 34.5% of Centaurus' points, marking the third time in a row Lorton has put up more than a third of the team's points. Noble Paw also deserves some recognition as she posted her first assist of the season.

Erie has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.3 points over those games. Centaurus is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-13.

Erie wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 66-35 win against Niwot on the 18th. As for Centaurus, they have also already played their next game, a 58-33 victory against Skyline on the 18th.

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