Preview: Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars vs. East Nashville Magnet Eagles
The Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars and the East Nashville Magnet Eagles will face off at 10:00 a.m. on December 28th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Middle Tennessee Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday.
Last Friday, Middle Tennessee Christian was beaten by Webb 63-34. While losing is never fun, Middle Tennessee Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while Webb is ranked 30th).
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Ashley Rucker, who scored nine points. She scored a full 26.5% of Middle Tennessee Christian's points, the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna clay Shirley, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, East Nashville Magnet put another one in the bag on December 9th to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Vashon by a score of 44-33.
Middle Tennessee Christian has not been sharp recently, as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-6 record this season. As for East Nashville Magnet, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
