Basketball Recap: Walker Valley Picks Up Sixth Consecutive Win

By Team Reports Jan 30, 2025, 11:25am

Basketball Recap: Walker Valley Mustangs vs. Cleveland Blue Raiders

Mustangs

Previous 6 Games

01/27/25 vs Cleveland70-60
01/24/25 vs McMinn County81-73
01/21/25 @ Red Bank72-67
01/17/25 @ Rhea County76-63
01/14/25 vs Bradley Central66-58
01/06/25 vs Christian Academy of Knoxville76-61

Walker Valley hadn't done well against Cleveland recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Walker Valley Mustangs came out on top against the Cleveland Blue Raiders by a score of 70-60. The victory was familiar territory for the Mustangs who have now won six matchups in a row.

Cleveland lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Tim Matthews, who went 7 of 13 en route to 16 points. Another player making a difference was Antonio Westfield, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.

Walker Valley is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-2 record this season. As for Cleveland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-8.

Walker Valley will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cleveland: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

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