Basketball Preview: Quad Cities Christian Eagles vs. East Moline Christian Eagles
Quad Cities Christian is 3-0 against the Eagles since January of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Quad Cities Christian Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the East Moline Christian Eagles at 5:00 a.m. Quad Cities Christian's defense has only allowed 29.6 points per game this season, so the Eagles' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Even though Quad Cities Christian has not done well against the Falcons recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Quad Cities Christian came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 42-32. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Quad Cities Christian.
Quad Cities Christian can attribute much of their success to Kennedy Ochkie, who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and two steals, and Piper Ochkie, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten steals.
Meanwhile, this season hasn't been kind to East Moline Christian, who are still winless after their eighth game. They took a serious blow against Unity Christian two weeks ago, falling 50-13. East Moline Christian was down 46-8 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Quad Cities Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for East Moline Christian, they dropped their record down to 0-8 with that defeat, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for Quad Cities Christian against the Eagles in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 as the squad secured a 51-7 win. With Quad Cities Christian ahead 26-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
