Basketball Game Preview: Eastern Warriors vs. North Adams Green Devils

The Eastern Warriors will venture away from home to take on the North Adams Green Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Eastern has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Eastern is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Manchester 58-28 on Monday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 259th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 709th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, North Adams unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 44-35 to Batavia. While the Green Devils didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 9-5 in the first quarter.

Eastern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for North Adams, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5.

Eastern came up short against North Adams in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 54-46. Can Eastern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.