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The Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Swain County (Bryson City, NC) by a score of 93-60.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Swain County	14	15	16	15	60
Smoky Mountain	24	25	25	19	93

Final score provided by T. Buchanan.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Swain County (25-26)

Swain County has not entered stats for this game.

Smoky Mountain (25-26)

Smoky Mountain

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	93	38	70	54	60
3	Nathan Gamble (So)	0	0	3	0	0
5	JJ Jefferson (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
11	Lane Plemmons (Sr)	10	4	11	36	45
14	Ace Prenger (Jr)	17	8	13	62	62
21	Ben Brown (Sr)	30	11	15	73	93
22	Ty Howard (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
30	Noah Menickelli (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
32	Will Clonch (Jr)	4	2	2	100	100
33	Custer Prenger (Sr)	23	9	13	69	69
34	Eli Snider (Jr)	3	1	4	25	25

Smoky Mountain

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	93	8	22	36	9	13	69	30	48	63
3	Nathan Gamble (So)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
5	JJ Jefferson (Jr)	4				0	2	0	2	4	50
11	Lane Plemmons (Sr)	10	2	7	29				2	4	50
14	Ace Prenger (Jr)	17	0	2	0	1	1	100	8	11	73
21	Ben Brown (Sr)	30	6	7	86	2	2	100	5	8	63
22	Ty Howard (Sr)	2	0	1	0				1	2	50
30	Noah Menickelli (Jr)	0	0	2	0
32	Will Clonch (Jr)	4							2	2	100
33	Custer Prenger (Sr)	23	0	1	0	5	6	83	9	12	75
34	Eli Snider (Jr)	3				1	2	50	1	4	25

Smoky Mountain

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	93	16	23	39	26	9	3	9
3	Nathan Gamble (So)	0	1		1
4	Josh Vinyard (Sr)			1	1	3	1		2
5	JJ Jefferson (Jr)	4	3	2	5		2		1
11	Lane Plemmons (Sr)	10	1	1	2	10	1	1	2
14	Ace Prenger (Jr)	17		4	4	3	1		1
15	Nolan Donley (Jr)			1	1	1
21	Ben Brown (Sr)	30	1	4	5	2	1
22	Ty Howard (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1			1
30	Noah Menickelli (Jr)	0							1
32	Will Clonch (Jr)	4	1	1	2
33	Custer Prenger (Sr)	23	3	8	11	4	2	2
34	Eli Snider (Jr)	3	5		5	2	1		1

Smoky Mountain

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.89	1.00	1	14
4	Josh Vinyard (Sr)	1.50	0.50		2
5	JJ Jefferson (Jr)		2.00
11	Lane Plemmons (Sr)	5.00	0.50		2
14	Ace Prenger (Jr)	3.00	1.00		3
22	Ty Howard (Sr)	1.00			1
33	Custer Prenger (Sr)				3
34	Eli Snider (Jr)	2.00	1.00	1	3

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Swain County overwhelmed by Smoky Mountain

December 3, 2025: Sylva, NC 28779

In Wednesday's non-league test, the Smoky Mountain Mustangs (Sylva, NC) basketball squad trounced the visiting Swain County Maroon Devils (Bryson City, NC), by a score of 92-60.

Next, the Mustangs encounter the Avery County Vikings (Newland, NC) in a non-league test, on Friday, December 5. Smoky Mountain will attempt to move on its 5-1 season record. The Vikings go into the bout with a 5-1 record after their 75-60 non-league win over Ashe County (West Jefferson, NC).

With the loss, Swain County falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Maroon devils host Hiwassee Dam (Murphy, NC) to play the Eagles in a Smoky Mountain 1A/2A bout on Friday, December 5. The Eagles go into the bout with a record of 3-1. Hiwassee Dam won 71-29 in their recent non-league bout against Copper Basin (Copperhill, TN)

Players of the Game

Swain County (25-26)

Swain County has not selected any Players of the Game.

Smoky Mountain (25-26)

Congratulations to #21 Ben Brown for being selected the Smoky Mountain Basketball Player of the Game.

Swain County @ SMHS Basketball Game Info

Wed., Dec. 3, 2025 @ 7:30p

The Smoky Mountain (Sylva, NC) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Swain County (Bryson City, NC) by a score of 93-60.

Rankings & Records

Swain County (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-2	1-0	1-1	1-1	.500	1.000	244	289

Smoky Mountain (25-26)

NC	Class
51	6

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
7-1	1-0	4-0	3-1	.875	1.000	586	467

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Swain County	19.3	15.7	12.3	11.3	61.0
Smoky Mountain	18.7	19.7	18.8	20.8	73.3

Team Stat Comparison

Swain County		Smoky Mountain
-	Points Per Game	76.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	33.7
-	Assists Per Game	19.3
-	Steals Per Game	9.0
-	Blocks Per Game	4.0

Team Leaders

Swain County		Smoky Mountain	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#33 Custer Prenger19.6	5.3
-	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Custer Prenger12.0	2.9
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Lane Plemmons6.0	1.1
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Lane Plemmons2.9	1.0
-	Blocks Per Game	#33 Custer Prenger1.7	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Swain County	0-1		Smoky Mountain	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/8/25	Franklin	Swain County	(L) 90-47	1/12/26	Franklin	Smoky Mountain
				2/6/26	Smoky Mountain	Franklin
1/9/26	Robbinsville	Swain County		12/22/25	Smoky Mountain	Robbinsville
2/3/26	Swain County	Robbinsville		1/3/26	Robbinsville	Smoky Mountain
1/13/26	Andrews	Swain County		11/21/25	Smoky Mountain	Andrews	(W) 77-55
2/6/26	Swain County	Andrews		12/1/25	Andrews	Smoky Mountain	(W) 65-49

Record Breakdown

Swain County (25-26)		Smoky Mountain (25-26)
2-2	Overall	7-1
1-0	League	1-0
1-2	Non-League	6-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	2-0
1-1	Home	4-0
1-1	Away	3-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-2	In-State	7-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0