Cascade came into their game on Saturday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting the Tellico Plains Bears an easy 79-56 win. While losing is never fun, the Champions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Bears are ranked 20th).
Rylan Woods produced another solid effort putting up 31 points for Tellico Plains. That makes it three consecutive games in which Woods has scored at least a third of the Bears' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chadwick Davis, who posted 15 points.
Cascade's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Tellico Plains, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Cascade will be taking part in a tournament against Austin-East at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Roadrunners have been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Tellico Plains, they will take on Farragut in a tournament on Monday. The Bears will be up against the Admirals' rather soft defense (which has allowed 52.42 points per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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