The North Greene Huskies will head out to challenge the Sullivan East Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Greene has 15 straight wins, Sullivan East has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
North Greene can't be too worried about heading out to take on Sullivan East: they just beat Unaka at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. North Greene walked away with a 42-35 victory over Unaka on Friday.
Meanwhile, Sullivan East played a tough match on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 94-33 loss at the hands of David Crockett. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 327th, while the Pioneers are ranked 16th).
North Greene pushed their record up to 25-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.5 points over those games. As for Sullivan East, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-19.
North Greene beat Sullivan East 54-44 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Greene since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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