Eastern is 9-1 against Henryville since January of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Eastern Musketeers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Henryville Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Eastern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.4 points per game this season.
Eastern will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Salem, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Eastern took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 69-20 win over Salem. The Musketeers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Eastern's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Addison Smith led the charge by going 8 for 17 en route to 18 points plus six steals. Smith has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Smith, who almost dropped a double-double on ten rebounds and nine steals.
Eastern was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Henryville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down New Washington 50-34.
Henryville's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Eastern, their win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-2.
Eastern came up short against Henryville in their previous matchup back in January, falling 38-31. Will Eastern have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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