The Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs will take on the Merrol Hyde Magnet Hawks in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Red Boiling Springs is looking for their season's first win.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-30, which was the final score in Red Boiling Springs' tilt against Jackson County on Friday.
While Merrol Hyde Magnet didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They managed a 55-50 victory over KIPP Nashville Collegiate on Tuesday. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Warriors are ranked 264th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Merrol Hyde Magnet had a senior duo take command as Harrison Gill went 8 of 15 en route to 20 points and five steals and Sam Mullins posted 15 points and six boards. With that strong performance, Gill is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Eliot Johnson, who put up six points.
Merrol Hyde Magnet has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.2 points per game. As for Red Boiling Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Red Boiling Springs came up short against Merrol Hyde Magnet when the teams last played back in November of 2017, falling 100-91. Thankfully for Red Boiling Springs, Connor McCutcheon (who shot 6-for-10 from deep and dropped a double-double on 43 points and 14 boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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