The Stone Memorial Panthers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Upperman Bees at 6:00 p.m. on February 27th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Stone Memorial earned a 60-53 win over Central Magnet.
Cade Capps continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Lane, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Upperman had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 69-52 victory over Marshall County. Given Upperman's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 36th, while Marshall County is ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Stone Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Upperman, they pushed their record up to 22-4 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home.
Stone Memorial and Upperman were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in January, but Stone Memorial came up empty-handed after a 45-44 defeat. Can Stone Memorial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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