The Volunteer Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Jefferson County Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Volunteer's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Volunteer will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Sullivan East, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Volunteer came out on top against Sullivan East by a score of 74-61 on Tuesday.
Volunteer got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Owen Tullock out in front who went 9 for 16 en route to 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Griffin Head, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.
While Jefferson County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They fell 67-60 to Gibbs on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Jefferson County's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Volunteer, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Volunteer came up short against Jefferson County in their previous matchup back in February of 2021, falling 73-64. Can Volunteer avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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