Yuma are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Centauri Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on March 7th. Hopefully Yuma focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Saturday.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Yuma had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 51-29 margin over the Panthers. Yuma pushed the score to 41-18 by the end of the third, a deficit Montezuma-Cortez cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Yuma to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jade Lungwitz, who scored 12 points along with two steals. Lungwitz is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Emma Rayl, who scored eight points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Centauri put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 41-13 win over Cedaredge. The victory was nothing new for Centauri as they're now sitting on four straight.
Rylie McCarroll and Hannah Curtis were among the main playmakers for Centauri as the former scored eight points along with five rebounds and the latter dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Lacey Johnson was another key contributor, scoring six points along with five rebounds.
Yuma's victory bumped their record up to 15-8. As for Centauri, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
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