Sevier County is 2-7 against the Hurricanes since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The two teams will face off at 7:30 p.m. on February 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Sevier County entered their tilt with the Trojans with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Sevier County took down the Trojans 56-41 on Friday. Given Sevier County's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Trojans are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is just a little bit easier when you nail eight more threes than your opponent, a fact Morristown-Hamblen East proved on Saturday. They walked away with a 69-61 win over Cocke County. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Morristown-Hamblen East.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morristown-Hamblen East to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kyle Cloninger, who scored 15 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Cloninger is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last 26 games he's played. Cory Carpenter was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with three steals.
Sevier County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Morristown-Hamblen East, their victory bumped their record up to 21-6.
Sevier County couldn't quite finish off the Hurricanes when the teams last played back in December of 2023 and fell 54-52. Will Sevier County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
