Washington hasn't had much luck against Lowell recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Washington Eagles will face off against the Lowell Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Washington will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Lincoln, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Washington came out on top against Lincoln by a score of 66-57 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Washington got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ezana Hailu out in front who went 5 for 8 en route to 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Korey Abantao, who went 8 of 17 on his way to 16 points along with seven assists and six boards.
Meanwhile, Lowell came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 60-36 margin over the Buccaneers. The Cardinals pushed the score to 47-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers cut but never quite recovered from.
Lowell's win ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-13. As for Washington, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Washington came up short against Lowell in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 47-42. Can Washington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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