The Lenoir City Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Upperman Bees at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lenoir City is looking for their season's first win.
Last Thursday, Lenoir City ended up a good deal behind Pikeville and lost 61-46. While losing is never fun, Lenoir City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 344th in Tennessee, while Pikeville is ranked 59th in Kentucky).
Upperman has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 73-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of Stewarts Creek on Saturday.
Lenoir City's loss dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Upperman, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-2.
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