The Colonial Forge Eagles and the Centreville Wildcats will round out the year against one another at at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Colonial Forge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.2 points per game this season.
Colonial Forge is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Edison just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Saturday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 69-49. The loss put an end to Colonial Forge's undefeated start to the season.
Defeat or not, Colonial Forge got some senior leadership from Finn Perschau and Jalen Pierre. Perschau posted 11 points, while Pierre went 6 for 12 on his way to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Taysean Jones, who had five points and eight rebounds.
Even though they lost, Colonial Forge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Centreville unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a hard 74-58 fall against Westfield. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 50th).
Centreville's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Colonial Forge, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
Colonial Forge lost to Centreville on the road by a decisive 70-53 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2019. Can Colonial Forge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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