Basketball Game Preview: Eldred Yellowjackets vs. SS Seward

Eldred is 0-10 against SS Seward since January of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The Eldred Yellowjackets are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they will challenge SS Seward at 7:00 p.m. Eldred will be strutting in after a win while SS Seward will be coming in after a loss.

Eldred will bounce into Friday's match after beating Chapel Field Christian, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Eldred walked away with a 47-37 victory over Chapel Field Christian on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellowjackets.

Eldred's success was spearheaded by the efforts of James Deyermond, who almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine boards, and Trai Kaufmann, who went 7 of 13 on his way to 16 points in addition to seven assists and four steals. The dominant performance gave Kaufmann a new career-high in assists.

Meanwhile, SS Seward unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They lost 60-39 to Chester two weeks ago.

Eldred now has a winning record of 2-1. As for SS Seward, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.

Eldred suffered a grim 82-62 defeat to SS Seward in their previous matchup back in February. Can Eldred avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.