Central Cass was the 67-58 winner over Thompson when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Central Cass Squirrels fell just short of the Thompson Tommies by a score of 58-56 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Squirrels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Tommies are ranked ninth).
Thompson had a senior duo take command as Karter Peterson almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds and Gavin Krogstad dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. Another player making a difference was Drew Odenbach, who posted eight points and 12 boards.
Central Cass' defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Thompson, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Central Cass will face off against Turtle Mountain at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Thompson has already played their next match (against Hillsboro/Central Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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