The Central Heights Vikings will be playing at home against the Southern Coffey County Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Central Heights has seven straight wins, Southern Coffey County has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Central Heights only won by two when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 47-point they dealt Marais des Cygnes Valley on Thursday. Central Heights blew past Marais des Cygnes Valley, posting a 72-25 victory at home. With that win, Central Heights brought their scoring average up to 50.8 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Central Heights to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Rowan, who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks. Rowan is crushing the block category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Laiken Brockus, who scored 15 points along with six assists and three steals.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 69-16, which was the final score in Southern Coffey County's tilt against Lebo on Friday. While losing is never fun, Southern Coffey County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 361st, while Lebo is ranked 158th).
Central Heights has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Southern Coffey County, their defeat was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-18-1.
Everything came up roses for Central Heights against Southern Coffey County in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 as the squad secured a 93-23 win. In that game, Central Heights amassed a halftime lead of 60-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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