Basketball Game Preview: Whites Creek Cobras vs. RePublic

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Previous Games

01/17/25 - Away	2-0 W
02/08/24 - Home	102-33 W
02/06/24 - Away	80-31 W
01/24/23 - Home	62-52 W
12/16/22 - Away	71-55 W
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Whites Creek has gone 7-1 against RePublic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Whites Creek Cobras will be playing at home against RePublic at 7:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Whites Creek's favor as the squad sits on six straight wins at home while RePublic has been banged up by 18 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.

On Friday, Whites Creek came up short against East Nashville Magnet and fell 58-50.

Meanwhile, RePublic came up short against East Nashville Magnet on Tuesday, falling 78-57. While losing is never fun, RePublic can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 416th, while East Nashville Magnet is ranked 191st).

Despite the loss, RePublic saw an underclassman step up: freshman Gracien Niyonzima dropped a double-double on 28 points and ten boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Niyonzima has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Dion Garrett, who posted ten points and eight rebounds.

RePublic's defeat dropped their record down to 0-14. As for Whites Creek, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-10.