The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will venture away from home to challenge the East Hall Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Monroe Area has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while East Hall will come in with four straight victories.
Last Friday, Monroe Area ended up a good deal behind Cherokee Bluff and lost 65-48. While losing is never fun, the Purple Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Bears are ranked 12th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for East Hall on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew White County out of the water with an 89-62 final score. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 20 points or more this season.
East Hall is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Monroe Area, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Monroe Area came up short against East Hall when the teams last played on January 7th, falling 74-63. Can Monroe Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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