On Monday, the Eastern Ramblers faced the Coolidge Colts in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Eastern ended up on the wrong side of a tough 86-62 walloping at the hands of Coolidge. Eastern's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Eastern still got an impressive performance from Isyah Joyner, who scored 26 points along with nine rebounds. Joyner scored a full 41.9% of Eastern's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rashid Faruq, who scored 11 points along with five assists.
Even though they lost, Eastern were working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Coolidge only racked up 19 assists.
It was another big night for Quintin Cooper, who went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 44 points and 3 assists for Coolidge. The match was Cooper's sixth in a row with at least ten points. Makiah Gray was another key contributor, scoring 20 points along with seven assists and three steals.
Eastern's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-1. As for Coolidge, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-2.
Eastern will stay at home for another game and welcome Jackson-Reed at 7:30 p.m. on December 18th. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in District of Columbia (Jackson-Reed is ranked second, while Eastern is ranked ninth). Coolidge's road trip will continue as they head out to face Dunbar at 7:00 p.m. on December 13th. Dunbar is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 56 points per game.
