Basketball Recap: Coffee Takes a Loss

Coffee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 46-37 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Clinch County Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while the Panthers are ranked 181st).

Despite the loss, Coffee still got an impressive performance from Khyolic Paulk, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. With that strong performance, Paulk is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game.

Trojans

Previous 6 Games

01/07/25 @ Clinch County	37-46
01/04/25 vs Thomas County Central	58-66
01/03/25 @ Veterans	49-68
12/28/24 vs Tattnall County	47-56
12/27/24 vs Toombs County	44-61
12/26/24 @ Vidalia	46-68

Even though they lost, Coffee smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.

Coffee's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Clinch County, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-1.

Coffee will host Northside at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Coffee is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.2 points per game this season. As for Clinch County, they are taking a road trip to face off against Brooks County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Brooks County also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 52.3 points per game.