Lewis County is 0-5 against Loretto since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lewis County Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Loretto Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. Lewis County is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Lewis County suffered their biggest loss yet this season on Friday. They took a serious blow against Mt. Pleasant, falling 78-45. While losing is never fun, Lewis County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 355th, while Mt. Pleasant is ranked 177th).
Meanwhile, even though Summertown scored an imposing 59 points on Friday, Loretto still came out on top. Loretto took their game against Summertown 72-59. That's two games straight that Loretto has won by exactly 13 points.
Lewis County's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Loretto, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Lewis County was dealt a bruising 72-37 loss at the hands of Loretto in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. Will Lewis County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
