The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders will challenge the York Institute Dragons at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Gatlinburg-Pittman is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Gatlinburg-Pittman came up short against Alcoa and fell 59-47.
Gatlinburg-Pittman might have lost, but man, Maliyah Glasper was a machine: she went 9 for 20 en route to 24 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Mejias, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards.
Meanwhile, York Institute came tearing into Friday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Purple Tigers 82-47. The Dragons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 20 points or more this season.
York Institute is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.4 points. As for Gatlinburg-Pittman, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.
Gatlinburg-Pittman didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against York Institute when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 52-46 victory. Does Gatlinburg-Pittman have another victory up their sleeve, or will York Institute turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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