It was a classic East v. West duel when Morristown-Hamblen West faced off against Morristown-Hamblen East on Friday. The Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans took a 66-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Hurricanes recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morristown-Hamblen East to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ella Wampler, who went 7 of 12 on her way to 19 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. That's the most steals Wampler has posted since back in November of 2023. Hudson Cloninger was another key player, going 5 for 10 en route to 14 points and six boards.
Morristown-Hamblen West's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Morristown-Hamblen West has already played their next contest (against Campbell County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Morristown-Hamblen East will look to defend their home court on Monday against Bearden at 6:00 p.m.
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