Basketball Preview: Jefferson County Patriots vs. Volunteer Falcons
The Jefferson County Patriots will face off against the Volunteer Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
While Jefferson County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They fell 67-60 to Gibbs on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Volunteer hadn't done well against Sullivan East recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Volunteer walked away with a 74-61 win over Sullivan East. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Volunteer to victory, but perhaps none more so than Owen Tullock, who went 9 for 16 en route to 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Griffin Head, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Volunteer's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. As for Jefferson County, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Jefferson County was able to grind out a solid win over Volunteer in their previous meeting back in February of 2021, winning 73-64. Will Jefferson County repeat their success, or does Volunteer have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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