For the first time this season, Collierville will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Cordova Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Collierville has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with six straight defeats, while Cordova will come in with three straight wins.
On Saturday, Collierville was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 76-70 to Booneville. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 155th in Tennessee, while the Blue Devils are ranked tenth in Mississippi).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cordova). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Memphis School of Excellence - Cordova 100-59. While the Wolves didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Cordova's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Collierville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Collierville was taken down by Cordova 66-36 when the teams last played back in February. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Dragons were down 42-16.
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