Basketball Recap: Morristown-Hamblen East Takes a Loss

Morristown-Hamblen East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They were outmatched by the Jefferson County Patriots and fell 74-45. While losing is never fun, the Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Patriots are ranked 81st).

Chance Stokely

Points (Career)

02/10/25 vs Jefferson County	12
02/03/25 vs Bearden	10
01/06/25 @ Tennessee	10
12/30/24 vs Rogers Heritage	10
01/13/25 vs Greeneville	9

Morristown-Hamblen East lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Chance Stokely, who almost dropped a double-double with 12 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Isaac Greene was another key player, going 5 of 12 en route to 14 points.

Morristown-Hamblen East's defeat dropped their record down to 4-21. As for Jefferson County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-10.

Looking ahead, Morristown-Hamblen East will be playing at home against Elizabethton at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Morristown-Hamblen East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.4 points per game this season. As for Jefferson County, they have already played their next matchup, an 86-51 win against Karns on the 11th.