Capital is 1-7 against Tumwater since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Having just played yesterday, the Capital Cougars will get right back to it and host the Tumwater Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m.
Capital is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 59-53 heartbreaker at the hands of North Thurston. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 256th, while the Rams are ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Tumwater's strategy against Kelso on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Tumwater blew Kelso out of the water with a 68-38 final score. The Thunderbirds pushed the score to 56-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hilanders had little chance of recovering from.
Capital better keep an eye on Braeden Konrad. He was instrumental in Tumwater's win, going 8 of 10 on his way to 16 points. The dominant performance gave Konrad a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sahara Anthony III, who posted 13 points and five rebounds.
The win made it two in a row for Tumwater and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Capital, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Capital opened the new year with a less-than-successful 60-48 defeat to Tumwater. Can Capital avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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