Basketball Game Recap: Polk County Wildcats vs. Sweetwater Wildcats

By Team Reports Jan 28, 2024, 6:11am

Recap: Polk County Wildcats vs. Sweetwater Wildcats

The Polk County Wildcats lost against the Sweetwater Wildcats on January 5th, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Polk County took a 64-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sweetwater.

Chris Alford continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Sweetwater, dropping a double-double on 35 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Alford has scored at least a third of Sweetwater's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Daffron, who scored eight points.

Polk County's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Sweetwater, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-9 record this season.

Polk County will head out on the road to face off against Meigs County at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Sweetwater, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Loudon at 3:00 p.m. on January 27th. One thing working in Loudon's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matchups.