Holyoke managed to keep up with Central until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Holyoke Purple Knights came up short against the Central Golden Eagles, falling 90-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (64), the Purple Knights still had to take the loss.
Several Purple Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chauncey Ruiz, who went 7 for 12 on his way to 18 points. Aiden Cabrera was another key player, putting up 12 points along with seven assists and five rebounds.
Holyoke's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 10-2. As for Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Holyoke will host Sci-Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Holyoke's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. As for Central, they will head out to square off against Putnam Vo-Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central is facing Putnam Vo-Tech at the right time seeing as Putnam Vo-Tech is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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