Basketball Recap: Eastern Picks Up Third Consecutive Victory

Warriors

Previous 3 Games

12/28/24 vs Fayetteville-Perry	69-60
12/27/24 @ Western Brown	62-54
12/17/24 @ Lynchburg-Clay	64-21

Eastern waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 69-60 victory over the Fayetteville-Perry Rockets. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 54-43 on December 3rd.

Eastern is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for Fayetteville-Perry, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.

Eastern and Fayetteville-Perry should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. Eastern (ranked 210th) will meet Peebles (ranked 499th) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Fayetteville-Perry (ranked 368th) will meet Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington (ranked 761st) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.