Salem Lions at Eastern Lady Musketeers — Girls basketball playoff preview (Feb. 4)

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Salem visits Eastern in a girls basketball playoff showdown on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Tip is set for 6 p.m. ET at Eastern in Pekin, Ind. — you can find the full game page on SBLive here: https://scorebooklive.com/indiana/girls-basketball/games/6169056-salem-vs-eastern

Game details

• Matchup: Salem Lions at Eastern Lady Musketeers

• Date/time: Feb. 4, 2026 — 6 p.m. ET (local time in Pekin, Ind.)

• Location: Eastern (Pekin, Ind.)

• SBLive game page: https://scorebooklive.com/indiana/girls-basketball/games/6169056-salem-vs-eastern

• Team pages: Eastern Lady Musketeers — https://scorebooklive.com/indiana/girls-basketball/teams/126411-eastern-lady-musketeers

  Salem Lions — https://scorebooklive.com/indiana/girls-basketball/teams/169173-salem-lions

Why this one matters

Eastern hosts as the home side in what shapes up to be an early-round playoff meeting. The teams last met Nov. 22, 2024, when Eastern posted a 69-20 victory; you can read the box score from that meeting here: https://scorebooklive.com/indiana/girls-basketball/games/4876779-salem-vs-eastern. In that matchup SBLive’s win-chance projection favored Eastern (about 53%) to Salem’s roughly 47% — note that projections are dynamic and can change leading up to tip.

Streaming and ticketing

• NFHS Network streams are available for both programs’ pages: Eastern — https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/eastern-pekin-high-school-pekin-in/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive; Salem — https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/salem-high-school-salem-in/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

• No ticket links provided on the SBLive game entry. Check the SBLive game page and the schools’ athletic sites for any updates.

Get involved

Follow the teams on SBLive to stay updated and help grow their fan counts: Eastern has 15 SBLive fans and Salem has 2. Make your picks for fun on the SBLive game page — picks are for entertainment and not tied to the win-chance projections. Those projections and fan numbers may change, so follow both teams and make your pick for who you want to see win.

Preview compiled for SBLive; follow the links above for live updates, box scores and postgame coverage.