The Centennial Hawks and the Montwood Rams will round out the year against one another at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Centennial knows how to get points on the board — the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matchups — so hopefully Montwood likes a good challenge.
Centennial’s tournament run continued when they took on Cleveland on Saturday. The Hawks fell 73-61 to the Storm. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (57), the Hawks still had to take the loss.
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Despite the loss, Centennial got top-tier performance from Kouliebchen Tou, who dropped a double-double with 24 points and 15 boards. The contest was Tou’s third in a row with at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Ruiz Laborin, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Montwood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 54-39 win over the Trail Blazers. Given the Rams’ advantage in MaxPreps’ Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 181st, while the Trail Blazers are ranked 490th) , the result wasn’t entirely unexpected.
Centennial has been struggling recently as they’ve lost three of their last four games. That’s put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. Those defeats can’t be blamed on the team’s offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points over those games. As for Montwood, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
Centennial lost to Montwood at home by a decisive 60-41 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2022. Can the Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
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