It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Flowery Branch Falcons face off against the Eastside Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday...
Flowery Branch will head into Tuesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They took a blow against Madison County, falling 62-29. The Falcons were down 46-17 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Eastside had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They snuck past the Jaguars with a 36-32 win.
Eastside's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Morgan Sandema, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds. Ari Carter was another key player, scoring ten points in addition to six rebounds.
Eastside is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.6 points per game. As for Flowery Branch, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-7.
Flowery Branch ended up a good deal behind Eastside when the teams last played back in January, losing 58-39. Can Flowery Branch avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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