Eastern is 2-8 against Trimble since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Eagles will take on the Tomcats in a holiday battle at 6:30 p.m.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Eastern duked it out with Belpre on Friday. The Eagles took a 54-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Golden Eagles. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Eagles came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 299th).
Meanwhile, Trimble got the win against Nelsonville-York on Saturday by a conclusive 64-44. The Tomcats haven't had any issues with the Buckeyes recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Trimble now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Eastern, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2.
Eastern might still be hurting after the 45-25 loss they got from Trimble when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Eagles were down 29-9.
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