Unaka and West Greene are an even 4-4 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The Unaka Rangers will take on the West Greene Buffaloes at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Unaka will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Unaka humbled University School with a 66-39 victory. The Rangers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Michelle Shields continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 of 14 en route to 24 points and three steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Unaka's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ari Sutherland, who posted 11 points.
Meanwhile, West Greene came up short against North Greene on Saturday and fell 52-44. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Huskies are ranked 116th).
Unaka pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points per game. As for West Greene, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season.
Unaka strolled past West Greene in their previous meeting on January 3rd by a score of 57-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Unaka since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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