The Eagles came up a little short Friday night versus the Cougars in front of a great crowd.  The atmosphere was great with last year's state champs Cougars coming to town.  The Eagles got off to a hot start scoring 21 points in the first quarter while holding the Cougars to 8 points.  The Eagles compete at a high level with tough defense that set the tone to take a 35 - 22 half time lead into the locker room.  

The Eagles came out in the second half and struggled to find the basket but their defense stayed steady.  The Eagles only scored 6 points while giving up 14 points in the 3rd quarter.  The momentum started to shift towards the Cougars as they were able to close the gap making it a five point game to end the 3rd quarter.  Turnovers down the stretch was the achilles hill for the Eagles in the 4th quarter.   The Eagles came up short only scoring 4 points in the 4th quarter.  It was a hard fault battle by both teams with the Eagles losing 48 - 45.  

The Eagles were led by junior Dono Thames who scored 10 points.  The Eagles had three other players who chipped in with 8 points a piece Nick Cassidy, Jasiah Rainey and Jaylan Ouwinga. The Eagles will be on the road for their next game Tuesday versus Hudsonville on the road.