The Eastern Warriors will challenge the Waverly Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Waverly likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, everything went Eastern's way against West Union as Eastern made off with a 57-33 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 40-14.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Waverly took on Miami Trace on Saturday. Waverly fell just short of Miami Trace by a score of 44-42. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 385th, while the Panthers are ranked 44th).
Eastern is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.4 points per game. As for Waverly, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
Eastern beat Waverly 48-39 in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Will Eastern repeat their success, or does Waverly have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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