Having just played yesterday, the Center Vikings will jump right back in to play the Hoehne Farmers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Center is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Dayspring Christian Academy by a score of 30-21. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Meanwhile, Hoehne entered their tilt with Trinidad on Friday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They took their game with ease, bagging a 58-10 win over the Miners. Given the Farmers' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Miners are ranked 217th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hoehne's victory was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 20.0 points on average over those games. As for Center, their win bumped their record up to 17-7.
Center suffered a grim 59-38 defeat to Hoehne in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoehne's Ellegra Gutierrez, who almost dropped a double-double with 21 points and nine steals. Now that Center knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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