The Farragut Admirals lost against the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders back in November of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. Farragut suffered a tough 62-36 loss at the hands of Gatlinburg-Pittman. While losing is never fun, Farragut can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while Gatlinburg-Pittman is ranked second).
It was another big night for Maddy Newman, who scored 19 points along with 7 rebounds for Gatlinburg-Pittman. That makes it three consecutive games in which Newman has scored at least 25% of Gatlinburg-Pittman's points. Leah Stinnett was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Farragut's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Gatlinburg-Pittman, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Farragut will face off against Cookeville at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Cookeville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven last Tuesday. Gatlinburg-Pittman's road trip will continue as they head out to face Sevier County at 6:00 p.m. on November 30th.
