Basketball Game Preview: Cotopaxi Pirates vs. Center Vikings

The Cotopaxi Pirates will take on the Center Vikings at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cotopaxi has four straight wins, Center has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Cotopaxi is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Moffat 70-26 on Thursday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 46-10.

Terrance Evans

Points

02/06/25 @ Moffat	27
02/05/25 @ Antonito	24
01/31/25 vs Lake City Community	20
01/28/25 vs Miami-Yoder	26

It was another big night for Terrance Evans, who went 12 of 15 en route to 27 points along with eight boards and eight steals. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least 20 points. Another player making a difference was Joel Tezak, who went 6 for 12 to rack up 17 points and seven rebounds.

Cotopaxi was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Center came up short against Del Norte on Friday and fell 42-33.

Cotopaxi's victory bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Center, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 10-7.

Cotopaxi strolled past Center when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a score of 58-43. Will Cotopaxi repeat their success, or does Center have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.