The Overton Bobcats will challenge the Antioch Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Overton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.3 points per game this season.
Overton is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Hunters Lane: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Overton blew Hunters Lane out of the water with an 83-44 final score. The Bobcats have beaten the Warriors the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Warriors has come to flipping the script.
William Livingston
| 02/11/25 vs Hunters Lane | 88% |
| 02/07/25 vs McGavock | 80% |
| 12/06/24 @ Smyrna | 73% |
| 11/19/24 @ Lawson | 55% |
| 02/04/25 @ Hillsboro | 50% |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Overton to victory, but perhaps none more so than William Livingston, who went 6 of 7 from beyond the arc on his way to 20 points. The dominant performance also gave Livingston a new career-high in field goal percentage (88%). Jehmel Madison was another key player, going 6 for 14 en route to 16 points and eight assists.
Overton was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Antioch came up short against Hillsboro on Tuesday and fell 57-46. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Burros are ranked tenth).
The victory got Overton back to even at 11-11. As for Antioch, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-7.
Overton came up short against Antioch in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 60-53. Can Overton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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