The Summertown Eagles will square off against the Loretto Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Loretto will be up against a hot Summertown squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Summertown breezed by Mt. Pleasant to the tune of 60-17 on Tuesday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Tigers are ranked 373rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Loretto came tearing into Tuesday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 70-13 win over the Grizzlies. 70 seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Summertown is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.5 points per game. As for Loretto, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-7.
Things could have been worse for Summertown, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 52-34 loss to Loretto in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Loretto's Ally Weathers, who posted 35 points. Now that Summertown knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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