Basketball Game Preview: Eastern Christian Eagles vs. Manchester Regional Falcons

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Previous Games

12/30/23 - Neutral	50-22 W
02/07/22 - Away	44-12 W
01/19/22 - Home	44-25 W
03/01/21 - Neutral	40-33 W
02/04/20 - Home	35-62 L
+ 5 more games

Eastern Christian is 9-1 against Manchester Regional since January of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Eastern Christian Eagles challenge the Manchester Regional Falcons at 10:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern Christian has five straight victories, Manchester Regional has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Friday, Eastern Christian humbled Hawthorne with a 53-15 victory. Fans of the Eagles have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

Meanwhile, Manchester Regional came up short against Garfield on Friday and fell 38-28.

Manchester Regional's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Eastern Christian, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.

Everything came up roses for Eastern Christian against Manchester Regional when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 50-22 victory. Will Eastern Christian repeat their success, or does Manchester Regional have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.