Rusk Eagles Gymnasium, Tuesday February 21, 2017 –
The Center Roughriders gained the lead, with 7 minutes remaining in the first quarter, and they never looked back as they took a 55-point win, in their Bi-District Varsity Basketball Playoff game with the Gladewater Bears. The game took place at Rusk Eagles Gymnasium, a neutral playoff site.
Using 7 first quarter points by Caleb Parks, and six more from Reggie Daniels, Center took an impressive 24-6 lead by the end of the first quarter of play.
The second stanza saw the Roughriders boost their lead to 46-12 as they once again held the Bears to just six points while six Center players scored a total of 22 points during the frame.
Center outpaced Gladewater in the third quarter by outscoring the Bears 19-10. This allowed CHS to extend their lead to a 65-22 going into the fourth quarter.
The Roughriders outscored GHS by a 21-9 margin in the final period which brought the final score to 86-31 and sent Center High School on to the Area round of the UIL playoffs.
Only one Gladewater player scored double figures, Austin Hawley with 18 points.
Center was led by Kaleb Parks with 22 points, Octavius Evans 16, Kyle Parks 13, Reggie Daniels 11, Jaterious Evans 10, Jamar’h Johnson 7, Austin Craig 5, Ja’dus Johnson 2, Kameron Elmer 2, and Jakavian Calhoun with 2 points.
Center Head Basketball Coach Hiram Harrison said, “We are getting healthy at this point in the season. Mabank is an athletic team and they run their game plan well. We will need to play good defense and shoot well like we did tonight.”
Center is tentatively set to play Mabank High School at Tyler Junior College on Friday but details haven’t yet been made available.
