The Central Raiders will be playing at home against the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Central has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 965 points over their last 14 contests.
Even though Waterville-Elysian-Morristown scored an imposing 56 points on Tuesday, Central still came out on top. Central managed a 62-56 victory over Waterville-Elysian-Morristown.
Meanwhile, New Ulm Cathedral's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fifth straight defeat. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 74-73 to Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (62), New Ulm Cathedral still had to take the loss.
New Ulm Cathedral's loss came about despite a quality game from Jevan Wilfahrt, who scored 22 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists. Wilfahrt has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Finstad, who scored 22 points.
Even though they lost, New Ulm Cathedral were working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Central's victory bumped their record up to 8-17. As for New Ulm Cathedral, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-10.
Central took their victory against New Ulm Cathedral when the teams last played back in December of 2022 by a conclusive 65-44. In that game, Central amassed a halftime lead of 65-44, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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