Basketball Recap: Unaka's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

Unaka suffered their closest loss since January 30th on Thursday. They fell just short of the Twin Springs Titans by a score of 47-44. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Rangers came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 104th in Tennessee, while the Titans are ranked 227th in Virginia).

Rangers

Previous 5 Games

12/19/24 @ Twin Springs	44-47
12/17/24 @ Twin Springs	57-52
12/13/24 vs Washburn	68-39
12/10/24 vs Twin Springs	60-40
12/06/24 vs Hancock County	64-49

With the defeat, Unaka broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-2. As for Twin Springs, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.

Unaka and Rockwood will round out the year against one another at at 6:45 p.m. on December 27th. As for Twin Springs, they are taking a road trip to square off against Hurley at 8:00 p.m. on Monday.