The Eastside Tigers entered their tilt with the St. Augustine Prep Hermits with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Eastside secured a 72-67 W over St. Augustine Prep on Wednesday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Jahaan Green was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds. Will Love was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds.
Eastside's win bumped their record up to 9-6. As for St. Augustine Prep, they dropped their record down to 9-8 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Eastside will be playing at home against Collingswood at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Collingswood will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New Jersey Rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while Eastside is ranked 43rd). As for St. Augustine Prep, they will head out on the road to square off against St. Joseph at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
