The Eastern Alamance Eagles will square off against the Northwood Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Eastern Alamance focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 24 on Tuesday.
Eastern Alamance is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since January 5th on Tuesday. They lost 77-54 to Northern Guilford. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Eagles have suffered against the Nighthawks since January 26, 2018.
Despite the defeat, Eastern Alamance got top-tier performance from Aliya Trollinger, who went 12 for 21 en route to 28 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Trollinger a new career-high in offensive rebounds (four). Makayla Scott was another key player, earning seven points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Northwood didn't have too much trouble with Orange on Tuesday as they won 44-30. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chargers.
Northwood got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Natalia Whitaker out in front who earned 15 points along with five steals. Whitaker has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 11 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikaylah Glover, who had eight points plus seven rebounds and two steals.
Northwood smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 26 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Northwood's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.5 points. As for Eastern Alamance, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Eastern Alamance came up short against Northwood in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 45-40. Thankfully for Eastern Alamance, Te'Keyah Bland (who made all 7 shots she took racking up 19 points plus seven rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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