The Whitehaven Tigers will face off against the Independence Eagles at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Whitehaven comes in on 24 and Independence on four.
If Whitehaven beats Independence with 67 points on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Whitehaven beat Kirkwood on Monday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 67-39. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked third, while the Cobras are ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Independence earned a 43-36 win over Beech last Monday.
Whitehaven's victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 32-3. As for Independence, their win bumped their record up to 22-12.
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