The Eastern Mennonite Flames will square off against the Roanoke Catholic Celtics at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Eastern Mennonite is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a hard 84-67 fall against North Cross on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Flames can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Raiders are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, Roanoke Catholic waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Cardinals 76-25. With the Celtics ahead 41-10 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Roanoke Catholic's win came from a few key players Eastern Mennonite will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jayden Johnson, who went 5 for 7 en route to 16 points. The contest was his sixth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Demarcus Brown, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points.
Eastern Mennonite dropped their record down to 2-10 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.4 points per game. As for Roanoke Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Eastern Mennonite came up short against Roanoke Catholic in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 79-66. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who went 10 for 15 en route to 27 points along with six assists and four steals. Now that Eastern Mennonite knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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