Basketball Game Preview: Eastside Eagles vs. Dorman Cavaliers

The Eastside Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Dorman Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastside has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Eastside will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Wade Hampton, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Eastside breezed by Wade Hampton to the tune of 56-16 on Tuesday. The contest marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season.

Laila Harvey

Steals (Career)

01/14/25 vs Wade Hampton	7
12/01/23 @ Hillcrest	5
12/16/23 vs Fountain Inn	3
12/12/23 @ Woodmont	3
12/12/24 vs Greenville	2

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eastside to victory, but perhaps none more so than Laila Harvey, who went 5 of 10 en route to 13 points along with seven steals and five boards. Those seven steals gave Harvey a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Taryah Humbert, who posted 14 points.

Meanwhile, Dorman unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell to James F. Byrnes 64-60.

Dorman's defeat dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Eastside, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-10.

Eastside took a serious blow against Dorman in their previous matchup back in November of 2018, falling 81-37. Thankfully for Eastside, Teyana Rogers (who went 8 for 16 on her way to 20 points in addition to eight assists and eight rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.