Basketball Recap: Harriman Takes a Loss

Blue Devils

Team Score

12/13/24 vs Jellico	74
11/21/24 vs Meigs County	65
11/25/24 @ Sunbright	59
12/12/24 vs Sunbright	56
12/06/24 vs Roane County	54

Harriman scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 75-74 to the Jellico Blue Devils. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (56), Harriman still had to take the loss.

Jellico got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Dre Webb out in front who went 7 of 13 on his way to 21 points and five steals. The dominant performance gave Webb a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Reed, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten boards.

Harriman has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season. As for Jellico, they now have a winning record of 5-4.

Harriman will be playing in front of their home fans against Knoxville Central at 8:00 p.m. on Monday. Jellico will take on Clay County in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.