The Smoky Mountain Mustangs will take on the East Burke Cavaliers in a tournament on Thursday. Smoky Mountain has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight defeats, while East Burke will come in with ten straight victories.
Last Friday, Smoky Mountain was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 56-55 to Andrews.
Meanwhile, East Burke beat Bandys 49-36 on Friday. The 49-point effort marked the Cavaliers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
East Burke pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their 19th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Smoky Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Things could have been worse for Smoky Mountain, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 78-64 loss to East Burke in their previous matchup back in February of 2017. Will Smoky Mountain have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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