Basketball Game Preview: Unicoi County Blue Devils vs. Tennessee Vikings

The Unicoi County Blue Devils are taking a road trip to face off against the Tennessee Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Unicoi County is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against David Crockett on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Unicoi County lost 61-36 to David Crockett. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their matchups with the Pioneers: they've now lost eight in a row.

Meanwhile, Tennessee came up short against Morristown-Hamblen East on Monday, falling 76-52. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Hurricanes are ranked 15th).

Unicoi County's loss dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Tennessee, they dropped their record down to 8-13 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Unicoi County didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Tennessee in their previous matchup two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 41-37 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Unicoi County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.