Centralia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were beaten by the Tumwater Thunderbirds 72-43. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 112th).
Centralia's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Tumwater, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Centralia is taking a road trip to square off against Rochester at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. As for Tumwater, they and Washington will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Washington's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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