Final from Morehead. East had a double digit lead pretty much the entire game. Rowan cut into it late in the 4th, but game was never in doubt. East goes to 19-4.

Man East is having a good season!

This was a low scoring game did both teams shoot bad?

If it was double digits , why such a low score? Good job East.

Congrats to the Raiders.

Good defense + patience on offense = low scoring victory for the Raiders.

East shut down Rowan on the defensive end. If my memory serves me correctly Rowan was stuck on 6 points for about 10 minutes on the scoreboard in the first half with East up by nearly 20 during that stretch. There were multiple times that EC would run through their offensive set time after time and eventually get a wide open lay up. The Rowan student section would get restless and start chanting "boring, boring!" and then East hits an open layup. They did that a couple of times and the "boring" cheer was put to bed real quick. Pretty funny stuff.

East is very disciplined and obviously well coached. They seem to be comfortable running and in the half-court game. And they block a lot of shots. Both big men, 15 for East and 44 for Rowan were in foul trouble. East in 1st half and Rowan's in 2nd. Rowan County coach did a credible job in the 4th quarter trying to get back in it. The game was never in doubt for East but Rowan did the old offense/defense substitutions down the stretch to get within 10 through pressing and fouling.

Congrats to East on the win. :thumb: