The Lebanon Blue Devils will take on the LaVergne Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lebanon has three straight wins, LaVergne has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Lebanon is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Stewarts Creek: they outscored them in every quarter. Lebanon put the hurt on Stewarts Creek with a sharp 68-45 victory on Tuesday. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 20 points or more this season.
| 01/14/25 @ Stewarts Creek | 25 |
| 12/01/23 vs Mount Juliet | 23 |
| 12/06/24 @ Mount Juliet | 21 |
| 01/09/25 vs Green Hill | 21 |
| 12/05/23 vs Blackman | 20 |
Tiara Spencer was a one-woman wrecking crew for Lebanon as she went 8 for 13 en route to 25 points and seven steals. Those 25 points gave Spencer a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Naleiya Withrow-Walker, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine assists.
Meanwhile, LaVergne suffered their closest loss since January 5, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Wilson Central by a score of 40-37. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 297th, while the Wildcats are ranked 122nd).
Lebanon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.8 points. As for LaVergne, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Everything came up roses for Lebanon against LaVergne in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as the team secured a 63-31 win. Will Lebanon repeat their success, or does LaVergne have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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