Basketball Recap: Eastern Beats Hillsboro for Their Fifth Straight Win

Warriors

Previous 5 Games

01/11/25 @ Hillsboro	50-44
01/03/25 @ Peebles	58-48
12/28/24 vs Fayetteville-Perry	69-60
12/27/24 @ Western Brown	62-54
12/17/24 @ Lynchburg-Clay	64-21

Eastern had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They secured a 50-44 W over the Hillsboro Indians. The Warriors have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Indians, too.

Eastern's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points per game. As for Hillsboro, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-4.

Eastern is taking a road trip to take on Fairfield at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Fairfield's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games. As for Hillsboro, they will host McClain at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.