The Eastern Comets will square off against the Rochester Zebras at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern has given up an average of 55.3 points per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.
Eastern managed to slip by Carroll the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. Eastern came up short against Carroll on Friday, falling 73-50. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Cougars are ranked 140th).
Meanwhile, Rochester suffered their biggest defeat since January 19, 2024 on Friday. They lost 82-61 to Maconaquah. The Zebras were down 75-47 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Rochester's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points over those games. As for Eastern, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-12.
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