Even though the Eastern Mennonite Flames have not done well against the Virginia Episcopal School Bishops recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Eastern Mennonite walked away with a 68-58 win over Virginia Episcopal School. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Virginia Episcopal School lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Billy Koudelka, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds. Koudelka hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for 12 straight games. Another player making a difference was Lukas Buinevicius, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Eastern Mennonite is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Virginia Episcopal School, they are on a eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-8.
Eastern Mennonite won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against The Covenant at 6:30 p.m. on January 24th. The Covenant will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 287th, while Eastern Mennonite is ranked 46th). As for Virginia Episcopal School, they will head out on the road to square off against Glass at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
