Maryville and Farragut are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Maryville Red Rebels will be playing at home against the Farragut Admirals at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Maryville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Bearden, who was ranked sixth at the time (Maryville was ranked 13th). Maryville fell to Bearden 57-51.
Meanwhile, Farragut came up short against West on Friday and fell 78-69. The Admirals have struggled against the Rebels recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Maryville will have to keep a close watch on Dominic Vanacker and Parker Lane, a pair of players who had a big impact on Farragut's prior game. Vanacker went 11 for 17 en route to 27 points, while Lane went 6 of 9 on his way to 21 points. That was a full 39.1% of Farragut's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Howard, who put up seven points.
Farragut's defeat dropped their record down to 15-9. As for Maryville, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Maryville beat Farragut 60-51 in their previous matchup last Friday. Does Maryville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Farragut turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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