Having just played yesterday, the Curlew Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Inchelium Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Curlew has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Inchelium will come in with five straight wins.
It was a proper cat-fight when Curlew challenged Cusick on Thursday. Curlew lost to Cusick at home by a 54-39 margin. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 350th, while the Panthers are ranked 164th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Inchelium). They blew past Columbia, posting an 89-29 victory. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Hornets with their most commanding win of the season.
Inchelium pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points per game. As for Curlew, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Curlew might still be hurting after the 75-49 loss they got from Inchelium when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Curlew was down 49-26.
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