No. 11 Centennial completes sweep of Burleson

Tristin Flowers scores 25 points as Centennial beats crosstown rival

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Centennial Spartans senior guard Tristin Flowers attempts a layup on his way to scoring a game-high 25 points against the Burleson Elks Friday at Burleson High School. JJ Pena of DBT Media.

BURLESON — The No. 11-ranked Centennial Spartans completed a season sweep over the crosstown-rival Burleson Elks with a 93-41 win Friday at Burleson High School on Burleson’s senior night.

Second-place Centennial (11-2 in District 8-5A, 28-6 overall)—led by senior guard Tristin Flowers with 25 points—had three players score double-digits, played aggressive full-court press defense to force turnovers and grabbed 18 more rebounds than Burleson (5-8, 20-15) in the last of the rivals’ two matchups in the 2024-25 regular season.

Centennial beat Burleson 71-36 January 14 at Centennial High School in the rivals’ first matchup of the season—Burleson’s inaugural “Battle of The Hoops.”

Flowers scored the first eight points of the game Friday to give Centennial an early lead and scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the first quarter.

Centennial shut out Burleson in the first quarter, leading 24-0 at the end of the quarter.

Flowers made a game-high six three-pointers on his way to 25.

Burleson senior guard Parker Haas was the game’s second-leading scorer with 12 points.

Senior guard Parker Haas is honored Friday before his final Burleson Elks basketball game at Burleson High School. JJ Pena of DBT Media.

Centennial’s freshman forward Creed Stafford and senior forward Jared Cox also scored double digits with 11 points each.

Stafford added eight rebounds and two assists.

Cox added five rebounds and two blocks.

Sophomore guard Levi Robinson added nine points for Centennial.

Centennial played full-court press defense most of the game and forced 25 turnovers from Burleson.