Morristown-Hamblen West and Morristown-Hamblen East are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. It'll be Eastside v. Westside when the Morristown-Hamblen West Trojans and the Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Morristown-Hamblen West will face Morristown-Hamblen East after dropping another heartbreaker against Cocke County on Monday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Morristown-Hamblen West fell 37-29 to Cocke County. The contest marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morristown-Hamblen East). Everything went their way against Tennessee on Monday as Morristown-Hamblen East made off with a 76-52 victory. With the Hurricanes ahead 39-13 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Morristown-Hamblen East is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points per game. As for Morristown-Hamblen West, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-6 record this season.
Morristown-Hamblen West came up short against Morristown-Hamblen East when the teams last played on Tuesday, falling 35-31. Will Morristown-Hamblen West have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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