Basketball Game Preview: Sweetwater Wildcats vs. Tellico Plains Bears

Sweetwater hasn't had much luck against Tellico Plains recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Sweetwater Wildcats will square off against the Tellico Plains Bears at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.

On Tuesday, Sweetwater had to suffer through a 82-30 loss at the hands of McMinn Central. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Chargers are ranked ninth).

Meanwhile, Tellico Plains came up short against Roane County on Tuesday and fell 68-59. The Bears have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Tellico Plains' defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Sweetwater, their loss dropped their record down to 8-15.

Sweetwater might still be hurting after the 71-47 defeat they got from Tellico Plains when the teams last played back in January. Can Sweetwater avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.