Basketball Preview: Eastern Hancock Royals vs. Wes-Del Warriors
Eastern Hancock is 7-0 against Wes-Del since December of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Eastern Hancock Royals just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Wes-Del Warriors at 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Hancock is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against New Palestine on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Eastern Hancock was beaten by New Palestine 81-54. The Royals haven't had much luck with the Dragons recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Wes-Del strolled past Alexandria-Monroe with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 64-48. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Josiah Love and Julian Carpenter were among the main playmakers for Wes-Del as the former went 13 for 14 en route to 29 points and the latter went 7 for 10 en route to 18 points plus six steals. The dominant performance also gave Love a new career-high in field goal percentage (93%). Another player making a difference was Luke Woodyard, who scored four points along with two steals.
Wes-Del's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Eastern Hancock, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Eastern Hancock beat Wes-Del 54-46 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Will Eastern Hancock repeat their success, or does Wes-Del have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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