In what's become a running theme this season, the Eastern Hancock Royals gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. They breezed by Waldron at home to the tune of 71-30. The win was familiar territory for Eastern Hancock who now have four in a row.
Eastern Hancock found their leader in underclassman McKenzie Koch, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. Koch hasn't dropped below 15points for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Springman, who scored eight points along with four steals.
Despite the defeat, Waldron had strong showings from Jackie Corlett, who scored nine points, and Emerson Lindsey, who scored eight points.
Eastern Hancock pushed their record up to 18-1 with that win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 31.47 points. As for Waldron, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-12.
Eastern Hancock will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Daleville at 7:30 p.m. Daleville will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 330th, while Eastern Hancock is ranked 36th). Waldron on the road again on Thursday and play against New Palestine at 7:30 p.m. on January 18th. That game will pit two of the most dominant players against one another: Allie Blum and Grace Fischer.