Cherokee and Robbinsville are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Cherokee Braves will be playing at home against the Robbinsville Black Knights at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Cherokee came up short against Murphy and fell 72-61.
Meanwhile, Robbinsville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Highlanders 60-17. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-11.
Robbinsville's victory bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Cherokee, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-4.
Cherokee didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Robbinsville in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 74-68 win. Will Cherokee repeat their success, or does Robbinsville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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