The Eastside Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Spartanburg Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Eastside is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Dorman on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Eastside took a blow against Dorman, falling 59-19. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 19th).
Taryah Humbert was Eastside's leading scorer, having posted eight points. Destiney Ulmer held things down on the boards with three rebounds. Kristen McBride took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Spartanburg). They took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 71-18 win over Wade Hampton. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Eastside and nudges their season record down to 6-17. As for Spartanburg, their record is now 12-13.
Eastside ended up a good deal behind Spartanburg in their previous matchup two weeks ago, losing 55-41. Can Eastside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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