A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Tullahoma Wildcats challenge the Marshall County Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday... Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Tullahoma is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Giles County: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Tullahoma's way against Giles County on Tuesday as Tullahoma made off with a 58-36 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
It was another big night for Xavier Farrell, who went 8 for 20 en route to 19 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. Another player making a difference was Austin Tinnon, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 14 points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, Marshall County came tearing into Tuesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Rebels 84-44. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Rebels are ranked 340th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marshall County has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.6 points per game. As for Tullahoma, their victory bumped their record up to 20-3.
Tullahoma beat Marshall County 73-63 when the teams last played two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Marshall County's Jabrae Howard, who went 14 for 18 en route to 31 points and three blocks. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tullahoma still be able to contain Howard? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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