The West Rebels will head out on the road to square off against the Carter Green Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. West is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Maryville, who was ranked 14th at the time (West was ranked tenth). West had just enough and edged Maryville out 59-57.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Carter, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They walked away with a 65-56 victory over Austin-East on Friday.
Carter is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.5 points over those games. As for West, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4.
West came up short against Carter in their previous matchup back in December of 2019, falling 63-50. Thankfully for West, Ty Hurst (who went 9-for-15 en route to 28 points and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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