The Eastern Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Marietta Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Saturday, Eastern came up short against Fairland and fell 72-60. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while the Dragons are ranked 151st).
Meanwhile, Marietta entered their tilt with Meigs on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They claimed a resounding 72-34 victory over the Marauders. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 27 points or more this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Eastern and nudges their season record down to 4-8. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points over those games. As for Marietta, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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