Basketball Recap: Make It Ten in a Row for Eastern Hills

Highlanders

Previous Games

01/28/25 @ Carter-Riverside	79-18
01/24/25 vs Benbrook	57-52
01/17/25 @ Western Hills	71-38
01/14/25 vs Southwest	58-52
01/11/25 vs Diamond Hill-Jarvis	86-53
+ 5 more games

Eastern Hills entered their tilt with Carter-Riverside on Tuesday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They claimed a resounding 79-18 victory over the Carter-Riverside Eagles. The Highlanders pushed the score to 62-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had no chance of recovering from.

Eastern Hills got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Dorian Johnson out in front who made all 7 shots he took to post 14 points in addition to seven rebounds and six assists. Johnson has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Trey Talton was another key player, going 5 for 7 en route to 12 points along with seven assists and seven boards.

Johnson wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Eastern Hills was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Carter-Riverside only posted three assists.

When it comes to explaining why Carter-Riverside lost, don't look at Robert Rodriguez. Despite the final result, he posted 16 points. That was a full 88.9% of Carter-Riverside's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Angel Salazar also deserves some recognition as he pulled down his first rebounds of the season.

Eastern Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.6 points per game. As for Carter-Riverside, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-20.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Eastern Hills will square off against Dunbar at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Eastern Hills' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last ten contests. As for Carter-Riverside, they will face off against Benbrook at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Benbrook is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.