Tatum won the last time they faced Center and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Tatum Eagles enjoyed a cozy 54-40 victory over the Center Roughriders. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 365th, while the Roughriders are ranked 875th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
When it comes to explaining why Center lost, don't look at Kaliejha Johnson. Despite the final result, she went 5 of 9 on her way to 10 points. Those ten points gave Johnson a new career-high.
Tatum's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Center, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.
Tatum will be playing in front of their home fans against White Oak at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Tatum is facing White Oak at the right time seeing as White Oak is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Center, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 51-39 defeat against Diboll on the 12th.
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