Basketball Game Preview: Andrean Fighting 59ers vs. Eastside Blazers

The Andrean Fighting 59ers will take on the Eastside Blazers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Andrean is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Wheeler by a score of 37-29. Given the Fighting 59ers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Bearcats are ranked 320th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Maddie Walton

Field Goal Percentage

02/08/25 vs Wheeler	48%
01/31/25 vs Chesterton	50%
01/25/25 @ South Bend St. Joseph	64%
01/24/25 vs Kankakee Valley	63%

Maddie Walton continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds. She is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as she's posted one of at least 45% in the last four games she's played. Lindsay Arcella was another key player, putting up ten points and five boards.

Meanwhile, Eastside had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.9 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Saturday. They blew past the Eagles 63-18. The Blazers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 games by 20 points or more this season.

Eastside's win bumped their record up to 24-1. As for Andrean, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-11 record this season.