Basketball Game Preview: Centre Cougars vs. Solomon Gorillas

Centre and Solomon are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Centre Cougars are taking a road trip to square off against the Solomon Gorillas at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Centre will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

Centre is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Pike Valley on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Centre came up short against Pike Valley, falling 51-30. The Cougars were down 36-15 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Meanwhile, Solomon was not able to break out of their rough patch back in December of 2024 as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Elyria Christian, falling 46-17.

Solomon's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Centre, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.

Centre suffered a grim 50-30 defeat to Solomon in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Centre avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.