Recap: Africentric Early College Nubians vs. Centennial Stars
In what's become a running theme this season, the Africentric Early College Nubians gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 81-48 win over Centennial on the road. The victory was familiar territory for Africentric Early College who now have 12 in a row.
Samairah Thompson went supernova for Africentric Early College, dropping a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Thompson has scored all season. Natiah Nelson was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why Centennial lost, one person who can't be blamed is Kennedy Houston. Despite the final result, she scored 22 points along with four steals and two blocks. Houston is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least four every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayla Houston, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds.
Africentric Early College pushed their record up to 19-2 with that win, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 55.4 points. As for Centennial, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-2.
Africentric Early College will head out on the road to face off against Grove City at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Averaging 73.43 points so far this season, Africentric Early College's high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Grove City better be ready for a challenge. As for Centennial, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Highland at 7:00 p.m. on February 21st. Highland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 471st, while Centennial is ranked 215th).
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