The Centennial Hawks will square off against the Las Cruces Bulldawgs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Centennial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 61-39 margin over Organ Mountain on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Meanwhile, Las Cruces had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Tigers 58-22. Given the Bulldawgs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Tigers are ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Las Cruces' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.0 points over those games. As for Centennial, their win bumped their record up to 11-13.
Centennial couldn't quite finish off Las Cruces in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 45-43. Can Centennial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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