Basketball Game Preview: Clarkrange Buffaloes vs. Gordonsville Tigers

The Clarkrange Buffaloes will venture away from home to challenge the Gordonsville Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Clarkrange is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.9 points per game this season.

Clarkrange picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They ended the year with a bang, routing Rockwood 46-26. The Buffaloes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 20 points or more this season.

Mason McWhirter and Bryton Swallows were among the main playmakers for Clarkrange as the former went 8 of 16 on his way to 21 points in addition to six steals and five boards and the latter dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 boards. The dominant performance gave McWhirter a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Braxton Sears, who posted two points along with six rebounds and five steals.

Meanwhile, Gordonsville was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were outmatched by West and fell 73-35. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Rebels are ranked 25th).

Gordonsville's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4-1. As for Clarkrange, their win bumped their record up to 9-7.

Clarkrange came up short against Gordonsville in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 79-69. Can Clarkrange avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.