Eastern is 2-8 against Wabash since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the Comets will get right back to it and host the Apaches at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Friday, Eastern ended up a good deal behind Rossville and lost 86-67. 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 272nd, while the Hornets are ranked 116th).
Meanwhile, Wabash was just a bucket shy of victory last Friday and fell 58-57 to Northwestern. The Apaches haven't had much luck with the Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Eastern will need to focus on slowing down Treyce Daughtry, one of several Wabash players who made an impact when they last played. He shot 50% from the field on his way to 21 points and five steals. That was a full 36.8% of Wabash's points, marking the fourth time in a row Daughtry has posted more than a third of the team's points. Davon Osborn was another key player, going 8-for-11 to rack up 16 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Wabash's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Eastern was able to grind out a solid win over Wabash when the teams last played back in February of 2025, winning 46-34. Will the Comets repeat their success, or do the Apaches have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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