After flying high against the Polk County Wildcats last Wednesday, the Sweetwater Wildcats came back down to earth. Sweetwater fell 85-78 to Roane County on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (72), Sweetwater still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why Sweetwater lost, one person who can't be blamed is Chris Alford. Despite the final result, he scored 37 points along with eight rebounds. That was a full 47.4% of Sweetwater's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Daffron, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.
Sweetwater has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season. As for Roane County, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 22-5.
Sweetwater's road trip will continue as they head out to face Tellico Plains at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. One thing working in Tellico Plains' favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last eight games. Roane County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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