The Cookeville Cavaliers will challenge the Blackman Blaze on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cookeville took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Oakland 66-42. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Patriots are ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Blackman had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 62-33 victory over the Wildcats.
Cookeville pushed their record up to 21-7 with the win, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.7 points over those games. As for Blackman, their victory bumped their record up to 23-3.
Cookeville came out on top in a nail-biter against Blackman when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 53-51. Will Cookeville repeat their success, or does Blackman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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