Burley hasn't had much luck against Century recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Burley Bobcats will challenge the Century Diamondbacks at 7:30 p.m.
Burley is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They were beaten by Preston 69-41. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Indians are ranked tenth).
Burley's defeat came about despite a quality game from Ben Pilling, who went 5 for 8 on his way to 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cove Thompson, who posted ten points.
Meanwhile, Century entered their tilt with Sugar-Salem on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 60-58 victory over the Diggers. While the Diamondbacks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Century has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Burley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Burley came up short against Century in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 71-59. Can Burley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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