The East River Falcons are on the road again on Monday and plays the South Lake Eagles on February 5th. East River will be strutting in after a victory while the Eagles will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, East River was able to grind out a solid win over the Bulldogs, taking the game 47-36. Given East River's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 465th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but South Lake had to settle for a 54-52 defeat against the Buffalo on Wednesday.
East River is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for South Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-10.
East River suffered a grim 49-26 defeat to the Eagles in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can East River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
