The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders fought the good fight in their overtime match against the Austin-East Roadrunners on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Roadrunners by a score of 71-69. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
When it comes to explaining why Gatlinburg-Pittman lost, one person who can't be blamed is Ty Glasper. Despite the final result, he scored 31 points along with six rebounds and five assists. Glasper has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carlos Orr, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Gatlinburg-Pittman's defeat dropped their record down to 24-7. As for Austin-East, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-9.
Gatlinburg-Pittman will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Eagleton College & Career Academy at 7:30 p.m. on February 19th. Gatlinburg-Pittman has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 304 points over their last four matches. Austin-East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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