The Centauri Falcons are on the road again on Thursday and plays Yuma at 7:00 p.m. on March 7th. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Centauri walked away with it. They really took it to the Bruins for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-13 victory on the road. Centauri has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 22 points or more this season.
Centauri relied on the efforts of Rylie McCarroll, who scored eight points along with five rebounds, and Hannah Curtis, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Lacey Johnson, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Yuma had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.6 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 51-29 margin over Montezuma-Cortez. Yuma pushed the score to 41-18 by the end of the third, a deficit Montezuma-Cortez cut but never quite recovered from.
Yuma's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jade Lungwitz, who scored 12 points along with two steals. Lungwitz has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Emma Rayl was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Centauri is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Yuma, their win bumped their record up to 15-8.
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