Sweetwater is 8-2 against Tellico Plains since February of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Sweetwater Wildcats will be staying on the road to face off against the Tellico Plains Bears at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. Sweetwater has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Sweetwater pushed their score all the way to 78 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 85-78 to Roane County. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (72), Sweetwater still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Sweetwater got a solid performance out of Chris Alford, who 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. Hunter Daffron was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Tellico Plains fought the good fight in their overtime game against McMinn Central on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 74-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chargers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), Tellico Plains still had to take the loss.
Sweetwater has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season. As for Tellico Plains, their loss dropped their record down to 14-7.
Sweetwater came up short against Tellico Plains in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 57-44. Can Sweetwater avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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