The Fairfield Lions will square off against the Eastern Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fairfield knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Eastern likes a good challenge.
Fairfield is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Western just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Saturday. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 68-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Eastern had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They managed a 50-44 win over the Indians.
Eastern's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points per game. As for Fairfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Fairfield didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Eastern in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 56-50 win. Will Fairfield repeat their success, or does Eastern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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