Cumberland Gap and Union County are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. The Cumberland Gap Panthers will welcome the Union County Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Saturday, Cumberland Gap lost to Pineville on the road by a 56-38 margin. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 273rd in Tennessee, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 122nd in Kentucky).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 65-38, which was the final score in Union County's tilt against Grainger on Friday.
Union County's defeat dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Cumberland Gap, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Cumberland Gap strolled past Union County in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a score of 65-46. Will Cumberland Gap repeat their success, or does Union County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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