Christel House fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Eastern Hancock on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 63-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eastern Hancock Royals. The Eagles just can't catch a break and have now endured three defeats in a row.
Christel House lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Matios Russ, who almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine boards. Russ is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as he's posted one of at least 45% in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Terrance Meredith, who posted nine points along with six steals and five assists.
Eastern Hancock was led to victory by Kayden Ruble and Caden Powers. Ruble dropped a double-double on 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Powers went 5 of 12 to rack up 17 points. Ruble has become a key player for Eastern Hancock: the team is 9-3 when he posts at least eight boards, but 0-3 otherwise.
Christel House's loss dropped their record down to 11-7. As for Eastern Hancock, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-6.
Eagles
| 02/06/25 @ Eastern Hancock | 58 |
| 02/04/25 @ Indianapolis Crispus Attucks | 59 |
| 01/25/25 vs Indianapolis Crispus Attucks | 58 |
| 01/23/25 vs Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter | 80 |
| 01/21/25 vs Indianapolis Washington | 72 |
| + 13 more games |
Christel House and Eastern Hancock should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings. Christel House (ranked 126th) will meet Irvington Preparatory Academy (ranked 383rd) at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Christel House is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.6 points per game this season. Meanwhile, Eastern Hancock will challenge Cowan at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday up 274 places (161 vs. 435).
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