Basketball Recap: Centura Drops Highest Score of Season Against Ord

Centurions

Team Score

12/21/24 vs Ord	56
12/13/24 vs Central City	53
12/17/24 @ Central Valley	49
12/05/24 @ Holdrege	38
12/14/24 vs Fillmore Central	32
12/07/24 vs Wood River	32

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Centura). They snuck past the Ord Chanticleers with a 56-52 victory on Saturday. This was payback for the Centurions, who suffered a 55-34 loss the last time these two teams met.

Barrett Fries continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyus Francl, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 13 points and seven rebounds.

Centura was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in four consecutive contests.

Despite the loss, Ord still got an impressive performance from Elijah Pollard, who posted 12 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals. Pollard is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Critel, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 14 points and six boards.

Centura has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for Ord, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Centura will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Fort Calhoun at 2:30 p.m. on January 3, 2025. As for Ord, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 70-52 defeat against North Bend Central on the 27th.