Basketball Game Preview: Eastern Warriors vs. Jackson Ironman/Ironladies

The Eastern Warriors will take on the Jackson Ironman/Ironladies on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Eastern is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Fayetteville-Perry just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 63-44 bruising from the Rockets. The Warriors were down 53-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Meanwhile, Jackson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Hillsboro and fell 65-27. While losing is never fun, the Ironman/Ironladies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 711th, while the Indians are ranked 149th).

Eastern's loss dropped their record down to 11-5. As for Jackson, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-15.