The Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes waltzed into their matchup on Monday with five straight wins but they left with six. They had just enough and edged Bearden out 54-52. This was payback for Morristown-Hamblen East, who suffered a 69-39 loss the last time these two teams met.
Morristown-Hamblen East had a senior duo take command as Kyle Cloninger scored 20 points along with five assists and two steals and Keegan Mink scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Cloninger hasn't dropped below 16 points for six straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Smith, who scored eight points.
Morristown-Hamblen East has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-8 record this season. As for Bearden, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 27-9.
Morristown-Hamblen East will be playing at home against Rossview at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Rossview's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight games. Bearden does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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