Eisenhower fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against East on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 60-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the East Aces. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while the Aces are ranked 115th).
| 01/11/25 @ East | 19 |
| 01/10/25 vs Goddard | 15 |
| 01/07/25 @ Maize | 11 |
| 12/17/24 @ Andover | 0 |
| 12/10/24 vs Haysville Campus | 28 |
Eisenhower's loss came despite strong showings from Pierce Blue and Romari Howard. Blue dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten boards, while Howard went 8 of 14 on his way to 18 points. With that strong performance, Blue is now averaging an impressive 15.5 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Cohen Ho, who posted five points and three steals.
East found their leader in sophomore Luke Henderson, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 17 points in addition to eight assists and seven boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Henderson has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Oliver Selmon, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
Eisenhower dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for East, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-3.
Eisenhower will welcome Newton at 7:25 p.m. on Tuesday. As for East, they will head out to face off against Southeast at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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