The East Fairmont Bees will venture away from home to face off against the Lincoln Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
East Fairmont is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Fairmont Senior on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. East Fairmont came up short against Fairmont Senior, falling 65-45. The Bees haven't had much luck with the Polar Bears recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Jaxon Conaway
| 02/13/25 vs Fairmont Senior | 10 |
| 02/10/25 @ North Marion | 9 |
| 02/08/25 vs Lincoln | 8 |
| 02/06/25 vs Liberty | 4 |
| 01/30/25 @ Bridgeport | 4 |
| + 10 more games |
Despite the loss, East Fairmont saw an underclassman step up: freshman Jaxon Conaway went 5-for-10 to rack up 10 points in addition to eight rebounds and four blocks. Conaway continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Karson Church was another key player, putting up five points.
Meanwhile, Lincoln was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They took a 56-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of Robert C. Byrd. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Eagles are ranked 20th).
Lincoln's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for East Fairmont, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
East Fairmont came out on top in a nail-biter against Lincoln in their previous matchup on Saturday, sneaking past 45-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Fairmont since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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