The 21st Century Charter COUGARS will head out on the road to face off against the Hanover Central Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in 21st Century Charter's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three matches.
21st Century Charter pushed their score all the way to 72 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Hammond Central by a score of 74-72. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Tuesday (64), 21st Century Charter still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, 21st Century Charter had strong showings from Ron Mosely, who scored 24 points along with four steals, and Terrence Hayes, who scored 21 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. Hayes also posted two blocks for the first time this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lemetrius "Meachy" Williams, who scored six points along with 15 rebounds and six assists.
Even though they lost, 21st Century Charter were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Hanover Central has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matchups by 30 points or more this season. They took their contest at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 71-34 victory over Whiting. Given Hanover Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while Whiting is ranked 442nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Hanover Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Ondo, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Gage Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
21st Century Charter has fallen quite a ways from their 22-7 record last season and are now at 2-4. As for Hanover Central, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
