The Culver City Centaurs will venture away from home to challenge the Leuzinger Olympians at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Culver City is coming into the match hot, having won their last nine games.
Culver City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 88-61 win over Hawthorne. The Centaurs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Leuzinger 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 Monday. They blew past the Apaches, posting an 88-13 victory. Given the Olympians' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Apaches are ranked 1216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Culver City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points per game. As for Leuzinger, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-5.
Culver City beat Leuzinger 70-57 when the teams last played back in November of 2022. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Leuzinger's Louis Thomas, who posted 28 points. Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be easier for Culver City to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
