The Center Hill Mustangs will be playing at home against the Callaway Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Center Hill will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Thursday, Center Hill was able to grind out a solid win over Lake Cormorant, taking the game 50-38.
Columbus typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Callaway proved too difficult a challenge. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 68-65 win over the Falcons. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Callaway to victory, but perhaps none more so than Braxton Ward, who scored 22 points along with seven steals. Ward has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Hayes, who scored 18 points along with three steals.
Center Hill is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-11 record this season. As for Callaway, their win bumped their record up to 17-15.
Things could have been worse for Center Hill, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 78-62 loss to Callaway in their previous matchup back in March of 2020. Thankfully for Center Hill, Daeshun Ruffin (who scored 33 points along with six rebounds and six steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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