The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 20 points or more this season. They blew past Greeneville 65-38 on the road. With Gatlinburg-Pittman ahead 41-15 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Leading Gatlinburg-Pittman to victory were Maddy Newman and Maliyah Glasper. Newman scored 17 points along with seven rebounds, while Glasper scored 22 points. The match was Newman's 12th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Leah Stinnett, who scored eight points.
Greeneville lost on Monday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kyla Jobe, who scored 12 points. Jobe scored a full 31.6% of Greeneville's points, the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Adkins, who scored ten points.
The win (which was Gatlinburg-Pittman's third in a row) raised their record to 11-2. As for Greeneville, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Gatlinburg-Pittman will be home for the holidays to greet James F. Byrnes at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Greeneville, they will head out on the road to face off against Daniel Boone at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
