Basketball Recap: Jefferson County Piles Up the Points Against Morristown-Hamblen East

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Previous Games

02/10/25 - Away	74-45 W
01/17/25 - Home	76-65 W
02/16/24 - Away	39-47 L
02/02/24 - Home	41-57 L
01/29/24 - Away	50-64 L
+ 5 more games

Jefferson County hadn't done well against Morristown-Hamblen East recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Jefferson County Patriots blew past the Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes 74-45. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Hurricanes are ranked 242nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Several Hurricanes players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chance Stokely, who almost dropped a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Stokely continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Greene, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 14 points.

The win made it two in a row for Jefferson County and bumps their season record up to 18-10. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.5 points over those games. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-21.

Jefferson County didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 86-51 victory against Karns on the 11th. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, they will square off 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.