The Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes were the 69-62 winner over the Science Hill Hilltoppers when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Morristown-Hamblen East was just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 52-51 to Science Hill. It was the first time this season that Morristown-Hamblen East let down their fans at home.
Loss or not, Morristown-Hamblen East got some senior leadership from Kyle Cloninger and Keegan Mink. Cloninger dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds, while Mink. scored nine points along with seven rebounds. Nick Dougherty was another key contributor, scoring six points.
Morristown-Hamblen East's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-8. As for Science Hill, they pushed their record up to 19-10 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
Morristown-Hamblen East will look to defend their home court on Friday against Jefferson County at 6:00 p.m. Jefferson County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Tennessee Rankings (they are ranked 231st, while Morristown-Hamblen East is ranked 28th). Science Hill does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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