East Central hasn't had much luck against Wayne County recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The East Central Hornets will take on the Wayne County War Eagles in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
East Central is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 68-50 to Chickasaw.
Despite the defeat, East Central got top-tier performance from Aj Hopkins, who posted 27 points. That was a full 54% of East Central's points, marking the seventh time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Howard, who put up 16 points.
Meanwhile, Wayne County lost to Quitman at home by a 50-35 margin on Friday. The War Eagles haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Wayne County now has a losing record at 5-6. As for East Central, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
East Central was taken down by Wayne County 68-30 when the teams last played back in January. Can East Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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