Basketball Recap: Eastern Montgomery Drops Highest Score of Season Against Parry Mccluer

Mustangs

Team Score

01/29/25 vs Parry McCluer	75
01/21/25 @ Craig County	67
01/18/25 vs Rural Retreat	65
01/16/25 vs Grayson County	64
12/19/24 vs Bath County	64

Eastern Montgomery scored the most points they've had this season on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough. They lost to the Parry McCluer Fighting Blues at home by a 89-75 margin. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Fighting Blues: they've now lost nine in a row.

Eastern Montgomery's loss came despite strong showings from Cyrus Underwood and Cam Sutphin. Underwood went 10 for 16 on his way to 24 points in addition to seven boards and four steals, while Sutphin went 9 of 22 en route to 25 points and seven rebounds. The dominant performance gave Sutphin a new career-high in points. Grayson Caldwell was another key player, putting up six points and three steals.

Even though they lost, Eastern Montgomery was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Eastern Montgomery's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6. As for Parry McCluer, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-3.

Eastern Montgomery has already played their next game (against Narrows), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Parry McCluer will square off against Bath County at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Parry McCluer's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.