The Alexandria-Monroe Tigers will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Morristown Yellow Jackets at 1:30 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Thursday, things could have been worse for Alexandria-Monroe, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-49 loss to the Bulldogs. Alexandria-Monroe has not had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Morristown's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their sixth straight defeat. They took a serious blow against New Castle, falling 67-26. While losing is never fun, Morristown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Trojans are ranked 147th).
Alexandria-Monroe dropped their record down to 8-9 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Morristown, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
