It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-33, which was the final score in Cumberland Gap's tilt against Cocke County on Friday. While losing is never fun, Cumberland Gap can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Cocke County is ranked 27th).
Cocke County was led to victory by Halle Kitchen and Karmine Carmichael. Kitchen scored 15 points along with five assists and two steals, while Carmichael scored eight points along with six rebounds and six steals. Carmichael hasn't dropped below three steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Adisen Mcnealy, who scored ten points.
Cumberland Gap's loss dropped their record down to 19-10. As for Cocke County, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-8 record this season.
Cumberland Gap does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cocke County, they will square off against Seymour at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Cocke County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.
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