Basketball Recap: Greeneville Piles Up the Points Against Volunteer

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Greeneville's strategy against Volunteer on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Greeneville Greene Devils blew the Volunteer Falcons out of the water with a 54-15 final score. Given the Greene Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Falcons are ranked 248th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Maria Lyde

Points

02/11/25 vs Volunteer	15
02/07/25 @ Grainger	22
02/04/25 vs Cherokee	16
02/03/25 @ Science Hill	16
01/28/25 @ Claiborne	17

Greeneville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Maria Lyde led the charge by going 6-for-8 en route to 15 points along with five assists and four blocks. The game was Lyde's fifth in a row with at least 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyla Jobe, who went 5-for-7 on her way to 11 points in addition to eight assists and three steals.

Greeneville is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points over those games. Volunteer's loss dropped their record down to 14-16.

Greeneville wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 55-52 defeat against Cocke County on the 14th. As for Volunteer, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 52-39 loss against Grainger on the 22nd.