The Eagle Mountain Knights will face off against the Decatur Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Eagle Mountain made easy work of Bridgeport and carried off a 53-33 win. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by exactly 20 points.
Meanwhile, Decatur came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bobcats, sneaking past 73-70. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Eagles have posted since December 27, 2024.
Eagle Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points per game. As for Decatur, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-7.
Eagle Mountain ended up a good deal behind Decatur in their previous meeting on January 3rd, losing 85-66. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Decatur's Javen Colbert, who went 9 of 17 en route to 26 points along with seven assists and seven steals. Now that Eagle Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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