The Center Roughriders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns on February 22nd. One thing working in Center's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 20 matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Center rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They walked away with a 64-51 win over the Fightin' Indians.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Center to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emonte (Cash) Cross, who scored 18 points. Another player making a difference was Tim Johnson, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Hamshire-Fannett came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against Vidor by a score of 65-53. Hamshire-Fannett pushed the score to 53-33 by the end of the third, a deficit Vidor cut but never quite recovered from.
Center is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Hamshire-Fannett, their victory bumped their record up to 27-7.
Center strolled past Hamshire-Fannett in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 by a score of 72-58. Does Center have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hamshire-Fannett turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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