Eastern lost against Conner back in December of 2021 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Eastern Eagles took a 72-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Conner Cougars. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Eastern's loss came despite strong showings from Anthony Nichols and Rakale Johnson. Nichols went 6 of 11 en route to 13 points, while Johnson posted seven points along with seven rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Johnny Mcfarland, who had eight points.
This is the second loss in a row for Eastern and nudges their season record down to 7-5. As for Conner, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-3-1.
Eastern will be taking part in a tournament against Jeffersonville at 3:00 p.m. on January 3, 2025. As for Conner, they will host Bishop Verot at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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