Basketball Preview: Eastern Musketeers vs. Christian Academy Warriors
Eastern is 3-0 against Christian Academy since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Eastern Musketeers will challenge the Christian Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Eastern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50 points per game this season.
Last Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Eastern beat Henryville 48-43. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Musketeers.
Eastern can attribute much of their success to Addison Smith, who went 7 for 16 en route to 22 points plus five steals, and Avery Smith, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 12 rebounds. Avery is crushing it when it comes to rebounds: she's pulled down at least nine every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Sidney Burton, who had four points in addition to eight rebounds and two steals.
Eastern smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 53-38 to Providence.
Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Eastern, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything came up roses for Eastern against Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2017, as the squad secured a 69-31 victory. In that contest, Eastern amassed a halftime lead of 41-16, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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