Eastern has won 18 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Sanford has won 18 straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Eastern Ramblers just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Sanford Warriors at 3:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Eastern is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Banneker, who was ranked third at the time (Eastern was ranked second). Eastern put the hurt on Banneker with a sharp 62-41 victory on Friday. Eastern's win was all the more impressive since the Bulldogs were averaging only 27.42 points allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sanford). They blew past Tower Hill 73-39 on Saturday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-25.
Eastern has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.7 points per game. As for Sanford, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
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