The Stone Memorial Panthers will square off against the Loretto Mustangs at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Stone Memorial sitting on six straight wins and Loretto on five.
Stone Memorial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Pickett County 82-57 on Tuesday. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matches by 22 points or more this season.
| 12/10/24 vs Pickett County | 29 |
| 12/06/24 @ York Institute | 19 |
| 12/03/24 @ Clarkrange | 29 |
| 11/29/24 @ Lebanon | 28 |
| 11/26/24 @ Lenoir City | 30 |
Stone Memorial can attribute much of their success to Cade Capps, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and 11 boards, and Jack Cordell, who went 8 of 10 on his way to 19 points and six rebounds. Capps' evening made it 12 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kadyn Page, who posted seven points.
Meanwhile, Loretto hadn't done well against Lawrence County recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Loretto came out on top against Lawrence County by a score of 52-44. The 52-point effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Stone Memorial's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Loretto, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Stone Memorial skirted past Loretto 45-42 in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for Stone Memorial since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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