Whitley County is 0-3 against Rockcastle County since December of 2019 but things could change on Monday. The Whitley County Colonels will challenge the Rockcastle County Rockets at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Whitley County sitting on three straight victories and Rockcastle County on five.
Last Friday, Whitley County blew past Williamsburg, posting a 66-26 win. Given the Colonels' advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 58th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Rockcastle County's strategy against Mercer County on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Rockcastle County blew Mercer County out of the water with a 70-33 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rockets had established a 35 point advantage.
Rockcastle County pushed their record up to 16-8 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.8 points over those games. As for Whitley County, their win bumped their record up to 16-7.
Whitley County was dealt a bruising 65-32 defeat at the hands of Rockcastle County in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Whitley County was down 34-8.
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