Bardstown lost to Eastern back in December of 2022 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Tigers took a 61-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Eagles are ranked 29th).
Eastern had a senior duo take command as Damian Jung shot 67% from the field en route to 15 points along with seven boards and three blocks and Josh Brock posted nine points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Nick Gengo, who earned eight points.
This is the second loss in a row for Bardstown and nudges their season record down to 10-12. As for Eastern, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-6.
Bardstown has already played their next contest (against Bethlehem), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Eastern, they will challenge Christian Academy-Louisville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Eagles will need to watch out since the Centurions have now posted at least 55 points in their last 15 games.
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