Basketball Recap: Forest Hills Eastern Takes a Loss

Forest Hills Eastern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 65-58 loss to the Ottawa Hills Bengals. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Forest Hills Eastern's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Ottawa Hills, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-6 record.

Coming up, Forest Hills Eastern will look to defend their home court on Friday against Holland at 7:00 p.m. The Hawks will be up against the Dutch's rather soft defense (which has allowed 55.4 points per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Ottawa Hills, they will venture away from home to challenge Catholic Central at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.