The Eastern Eagles will be taking part in a tournament against the Rock Hill Redmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern has six straight wins, Rock Hill has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Eastern is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Western, posting a 70-39 victory. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Rock Hill came up short against Fairland on Friday and fell 67-58. While losing is never fun, the Redmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 516th, while the Dragons are ranked 250th).
Eastern will have to keep a close watch on Kelan Davidson and Rylan Barker, a pair of players who had a big impact on Rock Hill's prior game. Davidson dropped a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards, while Barker dropped a double-double with 20 points and ten assists. Barker is becoming a predictor of Rock Hill's success: when he posts at least eight assists the team is 3-1 (and 3-15 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Medinger, who posted five points and five rebounds.
Eastern's win bumped their record up to 15-7. As for Rock Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-16.
Eastern strolled past Rock Hill in their previous matchup back in February of 2018 by a score of 53-34. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Redmen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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