The East Lake Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season. They were the clear victor by a 70-45 margin over Sunlake. With East Lake ahead 33-12 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Brody Church was his usual excellent self, scoring 23 points along with five assists and five rebounds. The match was his sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Brown, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 16 rebounds.
The win makes it two in a row for East Lake and bumps their season record up to 11-5. As for Sunlake, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. East Lake is on the road again on Friday and play against Mitchell at 6:00 p.m. on January 12th. Hopefully Mitchell focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Friday. As for Sunlake, they will head out on the road to face off against Pasco at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pasco will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 615th, while Sunlake is ranked 268th).
