Basketball Recap: Lenoir City Comes Up Short

Lenoir City was the 73-54 winner over Carter when they last played one another back in November of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Lenoir City Panthers took a 68-49 bruising from the Carter Green Hornets on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Green Hornets are ranked 73rd).

Carter's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zion Oliver, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Oliver a new career-high in points. Naviyon Shipe was another key player, going 8 for 10 en route to 16 points along with five boards and three steals.

Lenoir City's loss dropped their record down to 2-14. As for Carter, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.

Lenoir City will face off against Christian Academy of Knoxville at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Christian Academy of Knoxville will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Lenoir City surely won't give up without a fight. As for Carter, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 76-67 win against Pigeon Forge on the 31st.