Des Moines East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 58-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Waterloo East Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Scarlets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 319th, while the Trojans are ranked 157th).
Des Moines East's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Waterloo East, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season.
Des Moines East will face off against Hoover at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Waterloo East has already played their next matchup (against Des Moines East/Reed Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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