East hasn't had much luck against Ursuline recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. East just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 74-67 loss to Hickory. While losing is never fun, East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 529th in Ohio, while Hickory is ranked 137th in Pennsylvania).
Meanwhile, Ursuline hadn't done well against Washington recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Ursuline took down Washington 101-84. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Irish.
Ursuline has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.7 points per game. As for East, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
East came up short against Ursuline in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 63-53. Can East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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