Unicoi County lost against Tennessee back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Unicoi County Blue Devils took a 70-64 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tennessee Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Vikings are ranked 36th).
| 01/31/25 @ Tennessee | 25 |
| 02/20/24 vs Sullivan East | 24 |
| 12/11/23 vs Mitchell | 21 |
| 12/21/23 vs John Battle | 21 |
| 12/21/24 @ Virginia High | 20 |
Despite the loss, Unicoi County still got an impressive performance from Koda Cutlip, who went 9 for 15 on his way to 25 points. Those 25 points gave Cutlip a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaden Cutlip, who went 5 of 10 en route to 14 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tennessee to victory, but perhaps none more so than Colin Brown, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 23 points and eight assists. The match was Brown's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zander Phillips, who went 5 of 9 en route to 16 points.
Unicoi County dropped their record down to 13-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Tennessee, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-5.
Unicoi County has already played their next contest, a 71-51 win against Happy Valley on the 1st. As for Tennessee, they will take on Elizabethton at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Tennessee's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six games.
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