The Center Vikings lost against the Del Norte Tigers back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Center fell 33-25 to Del Norte. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Center has scored all season.
Center lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Alicia Rios, who scored 12 points along with two steals. Rios has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Dulce Palma was another key contributor, scoring six points along with three blocks.
This is the second loss in a row for Center and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for Del Norte, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Center will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Las Animas at 12:00 p.m. Hopefully Las Animas focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 27 back in December of 2023. As for Del Norte, they will head out on the road to square off against Cotopaxi at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cotopaxi's defense has only allowed 27.4 points per game this season, so Del Norte's offense will have their work cut out for them.
