If Eastern was feeling good fresh off their 67-40 takedown of Southern on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Eagles fell 70-66 to the Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 252nd in Ohio, while the Crusaders are ranked 13th in West Virginia).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Parkersburg Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ellie Kinnison, who went 6-for-8 on her way to 18 points and four steals. Another player making a difference was Bryley Starkey, who shot 75% from the field to rack up 12 points and seven rebounds.
Eastern's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Parkersburg Catholic, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 3-1.
Eastern will wrap up 2025 with a road trip to face off against Nelsonville-York at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Parkersburg Catholic, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-37 win against Frontier on the 23rd.
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