Eastern Hancock extended their home winning streak to five games dating back to last season thanks to a huge performance from Landyn Loring. The Eastern Hancock Royals came out on top in a nail-biter against the Blackford Bruins on Saturday, sneaking past 65-62 thanks in part to Loring, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 25 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Eastern Hancock's points.
The team also got some help courtesy of Kayden Ruble, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards. He is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Several Bruins players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Gage Baker, who went 8 of 18 on his way to 26 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Baker a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Kitterman, who went 8 of 19 on his way to 22 points.
Eastern Hancock has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.6 points per game. As for Blackford, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-2.
Eastern Hancock will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Randolph Southern at 7:30 p.m. on January 4, 2025. Eastern Hancock knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Randolph Southern likes a good challenge. As for Blackford, they will take on Tindley in a tournament on Friday. Blackford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.8 points per game this season.
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