Basketball Game Preview: Entiat Tigers vs. Soap Lake Eagles

Entiat and Soap Lake are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Entiat Tigers will face off against the Soap Lake Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Entiat has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the seventh.

Entiat is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Pateros by a score of 72-69 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Tigers have suffered since February 7, 2024.

Meanwhile, Soap Lake played a tough matchup on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 67-36 to Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 313th, while the Lions are ranked 97th).

Entiat's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Soap Lake, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-10.

Entiat came up short against Soap Lake in their previous meeting on January 10th, falling 55-46. Can Entiat avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.