Basketball Recap: Smoky Mountain Comes Up Short

If Smoky Mountain was feeling good fresh off their 56-25 takedown of North Henderson last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Smoky Mountain Mustangs were outmatched by the West Henderson Falcons and fell 67-40. The Mustangs have struggled against the Falcons recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.

Smoky Mountain's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kailey Broom, who went 6 of 12 en route to 16 points, and Braelyn Mulligan, who went 5 for 10 on her way to 14 points. Those 16 points gave Broom a new career-high.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead West Henderson to victory, but perhaps none more so than June Scontras, who went 7 of 11 on her way to 15 points. Scontras has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Allison Justus, who posted ten points along with five assists and three steals.

Smoky Mountain's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-14. As for West Henderson, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-8.

Smoky Mountain will venture away from home to take on Franklin at 6:30 p.m. on February 4th. West Henderson has already played their next game, a 53-41 loss against Pisgah on the 31st.