On Monday fans watched as two of the best teams in the nation hit the court. The Oak Ridge Pioneers took a 100-94 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Evans Trojans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (76), the Pioneers still had to take the loss.
| 01/20/25 vs Evans | 24 |
| 01/10/25 vs Winter Park | 22 |
| 01/09/25 vs Colonial | 19 |
| 01/07/25 vs Boone | 30 |
| 12/28/24 vs Duncanville | 16 |
Defeat or not, Oak Ridge got some senior leadership from Jamier Jones and Jalen Reece. Jones posted 35 points, while Reece had 24 points. Reece has been hot for a while, having posted 16 or more points the last nine times he's played. Will Jackson was another key player, putting up ten points.
Oak Ridge's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-6. As for Evans, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Oak Ridge will challenge Edgewater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Evans, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Jones at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Evans will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
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