East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 57-37 to the Marietta Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 615th, while the Tigers are ranked 96th).
East's loss dropped their record down to 3-14. As for Marietta, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
East has already played their next matchup (against John Marshall), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Marietta and Athens will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played.
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