The Rochester Zebras will challenge the Eastern Comets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rochester is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest defeat since January 19, 2024 on Friday. They lost 82-61 to Maconaquah. The Zebras were down 75-47 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Eastern played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Carroll, falling 73-50. While losing is never fun, the Comets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Cougars are ranked 140th).
Rochester's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points over those games. As for Eastern, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-12.
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