The Mitchell Tigers will face off against the Fairley Bulldogs at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Mitchell is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 87-71 win over Bluff City on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Tigers with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Fairley waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 70-63 victory over the Cardinals. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Cardinals are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mitchell better focus on containing Alarin Polk and Isaiah Grant as the pair were huge in Fairley's win. Polk posted 25 points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Grant dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 boards. Polk is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 12 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Issac Wright Jr., who scored ten points.
Fairley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
Mitchell's win bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Fairley, they have also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Mitchell was dealt a bruising 79-32 defeat at the hands of Fairley when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fairley's Brandon Chatman, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 boards. Now that Mitchell knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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