The Eastern Eagles will challenge the Fairland Dragons at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. Eastern has given up an average of 55.8 points per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Eastern didn't have quite enough to beat Nelsonville-York and fell 71-69. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their meetings with the Buckeyes: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Fairland lost to Ironton at home by a 75-58 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Fighting Tigers are ranked 13th).
Fairland's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2. As for Eastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
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