Southwest and Eastern Hills faced off in a cross-town battle on Tuesday. The Southwest Raiders took a 58-52 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eastern Hills Highlanders. The Raiders were not able to make up for their defeat to the Highlanders from their previous meeting back in December of 2022.
Dorian Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Eastern Hills, almost dropping a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. With that strong performance, Johnson is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. Another player making a difference was Messiah Miller, who went 6 for 8 on his way to 17 points.
Southwest's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 18-9. As for Eastern Hills, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-7.
Southwest will look to defend their home court on Friday against Benbrook at 7:30 p.m. Benbrook has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 206 points over their last three contests. As for Eastern Hills, they will head out on the road to face off against Western Hills at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastern Hills is facing Western Hills at the right time seeing as Western Hills is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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