The East Ridge Pioneers will venture away from home to face off against the Soddy Daisy Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.
East Ridge will face Soddy Daisy after dropping another heartbreaker against East Hamilton on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. East Ridge came up short against East Hamilton, falling 67-46. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 309th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, Soddy Daisy was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 40-39 to Signal Mountain. The game marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Soddy Daisy's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for East Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
East Ridge came up short against Soddy Daisy in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 55-44. Can East Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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