Preview: Tellico Plains Bears vs. Sweetwater Wildcats
Tellico Plains is 2-8 against Sweetwater since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tellico Plains Bears are on the road again and plays the Sweetwater Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. One thing working in Tellico Plains' favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight matches.
Tellico Plains fought the good fight in their overtime contest against McMinn Central on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Chargers 74-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), Tellico Plains still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Sweetwater pushed their score all the way to 78 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 85-78 to Roane County. While losing is never fun, Sweetwater can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 269th, while Roane County is ranked 68th).
The losing side was boosted by Chris Alford, who scored 37 points along with eight rebounds. That was a full 47.4% of Sweetwater's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Hunter Daffron, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.
Tellico Plains' defeat dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Sweetwater, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season.
Tellico Plains was able to grind out a solid win over Sweetwater in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 57-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tellico Plains since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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