Basketball Recap: Morristown-Hamblen East Drops Season-High Score on River Ridge

Hurricanes

Team Score

12/28/24 vs River Ridge	109
11/18/24 @ Alcoa	85
12/17/24 @ Elizabethton	71
12/06/24 vs Cocke County	70
12/06/24 vs Rhea County	69

Morristown-Hamblen East scored the most points they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 116-109 to the River Ridge Royal Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), the Hurricanes still had to take the loss.

River Ridge was led to victory by Jacob Yeager and Jonathan Casarez. Yeager went 12 of 21 on his way to 29 points and five assists, while Casarez went 7 for 14 on his way to 29 points. The game was Yeager's eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashton Adams, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.

Morristown-Hamblen East's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for River Ridge, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.

Morristown-Hamblen East didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 66-41 loss against Rogers Heritage on the 30th. As for River Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 98-79 defeat against Mundy's Mill on the 30th.