The Meadows School Mustangs pushed their score all the way to 71 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a hard 85-71 fall against Centennial. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Thursday (66), The Meadows School still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why The Meadows School lost, one person who can't be blamed is Cyrus Hutchison. Despite the final result, he scored 24 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds. Hutchison scored a full 33.8% of The Meadows School's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Grant Moses was another key contributor, scoring 18 points.
RJ Nance went supernova for Centennial, scoring 28 points along with seven rebounds and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Nance has scored at least 25% of Centennial's points. The team also got some help courtesy of LaDanian Ivery, who scored 15 points.
The Meadows School now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Centennial, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
The Meadows School won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Legacy at 10:30 a.m. on December 2nd. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Nevada (Legacy is ranked 38th, while The Meadows School is ranked 62nd). Centennial won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Faith Lutheran at 12:00 p.m. on December 2nd. Hopefully Faith Lutheran focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Friday.
