The Organ Mountain Knights had already won 21 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.8 points), and they went ahead and made it 22 on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Centennial and snuck past 51-48. Given Organ Mountain's advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked third, while Centennial is ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Organ Mountain to victory were YehNhi Wilson and Brandon Kehres. Wilson scored 13 points along with six steals and five rebounds, while Kehres scored 26 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Lenny Washington was another key contributor, scoring three points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Despite the loss, Centennial still got an impressive performance from Jereme Martinez, who scored nine points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Rewalt, who scored seven points.
Organ Mountain pushed their record up to 23-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.9 points per game. As for Centennial, their loss dropped their record down to 12-12.
Organ Mountain will head out on the road to face off against Mayfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Centennial, they will face off against Las Cruces at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Centennial focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Tuesday.
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