Basketball Recap: Eastwood Picks Up Seventh Consecutive Win

Troopers

Previous Games

12/26/24 vs Trinity Christian	46-39
12/20/24 @ Pebble Hills	50-49
12/17/24 vs Franklin	57-41
12/13/24 vs Hanks	49-37
12/10/24 vs Del Valle	66-30
+ 2 more games

Eastwood waltzed into their match on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They walked away with a 46-39 win over the Trinity Christian Lions. This was payback for the Troopers, who suffered an 83-70 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Eastwood was led to victory by Devin Falk-Ramirez and Julien Falk-Ramirez. Devin went 8 of 16 en route to 18 points and six rebounds, while Julien posted eight points along with six rebounds and four steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Devin has scored at least a third of Eastwood's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Marcus Bennett, who had nine points.

Despite the loss, Trinity Christian saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lucai Anderson put up 20 points. Dawson Ashley was another key player, putting up four points and nine rebounds.

Eastwood has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.4 points per game. As for Trinity Christian, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-10.

Eastwood wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 75-44 defeat against Carter on the 27th. As for Trinity Christian, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 57-53 victory against Oklahoma City S on the 27th.